History WouldHitAGirl / LiveActionTV

* ''TheWildWildWest'': In the opening credits, James West decks a woman who was about to stab him in the back (in said opening credits he knocked out one enemy and shot another, so this is still a step down on violence). This is a change from the season one opening credits, where he's such a good kisser that she renounces stabbing him. It should be noted that in the series itself the only time Jim actually ''did'' hit a woman was in "The Night of the Running Death" [[spoiler: - and "she" turned out to be a man]].

* ''HighlanderTheSeries'': Methos had no problem hitting, or even killing women. And while he was morally ambiguous sometimes, he definitely fell on the gender/sexual equality end of this trope:

* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': There are plenty of female Meteor Freaks and metahumans out there, meaning that this trope is in full effect. It would be easier to list the guys who ''won't'' hit back, as everyone from [[BigBad Lex]] to [[AntiHero Oliver]] to ''[[TheMessiah Clark]]'' is more than willing to. It's never really discussed either; in a world full of superheroes, it's just an occupational hazard.

* ''TheTwilightZone'': In the episode "Two," the man gets into a fistfight with an enemy soldier, who happens to be a woman. He knocks her out cold.

** They also have few issues with fighting non-monster female antagonists, such as Astronema, Trakeena, and Nadira.

* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Captain Hook has no qualms with hurting women. He [[spoiler: ripped out Aurora's heart]] and backhanded and nearly stabbed Belle with his hook. He physically shoved Emma out of the way to get at Rumpelstiltskin. Then, there was "The Outsider" where [[spoiler: he shot Belle in the shoulder.]]

* ''{{Bonanza}}'':

* The ''{{Charmed}}'' ones pose a threat to every demon in existence so any worries they have about hitting women goes out the window, especially when one of them is trained in martial arts. Cole shows no problem training hand-to-hand with Phoebe and he eventually does hit her in the fifth season (in a bad future where they're still together but miserable).

* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': Does this a lot. Usually it's done so the UnSub can gain control of the victim in question, but sometimes- such as in "Minimal Loss" when Emily Prentiss allows herself to get smacked around (or is actually overpowered in a fight by Ian Doyle) and the final victim [[spoiler:who was rescued]] in "The Slave of Duty"- the [[BigBad Big Bad]] gets to actually partake in a beating.

* ''SledgeHammer'': Inspector Sledge Hammer was always willing to hit or shoot women. In the first episode of "Sledge Hammer!", he shoots a female terrorist, then tells her, "Call me a feminist." Later episodes subverted his willingness to fight women twice: [[spoiler:in one first-season episode, he fights a woman who turns out to be a man in disguise, and in a second-season episode, he fights a man who turns out to be a woman in disguise.]]

* ''Series/BlakesSeven'': Avon has no qualms about hitting, or killing, ''anyone'' who is a threat to his continued existence. Most blatant times are in "Mission to Destiny" where he punches out an extremely annoying woman who was going to sell everyone out (which he "quite enjoyed"), and in [[spoiler: "Rumours of Death" when he kills Anna Grant]].

* ''Series/BlakesSeven'': In "Mission to Destiny", Avon does this, then says "I really rather enjoyed that!"

* ''{{Smallville}}'': There are plenty of female Meteor Freaks and metahumans out there, meaning that this trope is in full effect. It would be easier to list the guys who ''won't'' hit back, as everyone from [[BigBad Lex]] to [[AntiHero Oliver]] to ''[[TheMessiah Clark]]'' is more than willing to. It's never really discussed either; in a world full of superheroes, it's just an occupational hazard.
* ''Series/{{Stargate SG-1}}'': PlayedForLaughs in the episode "Prometheus Unbound." Vala expresses surprise that Daniel hit her during a fight she started and he replies, with understandable annoyance, "You hit ME!"

* ''KamenRider'':

** In a more specific example, ''KamenRiderDouble'''s second movie features a woman as part of the villainous mercenaries set on taking over the city. Shotaro doesn't fight her as a human because she's a better fighter and has flame powers, but when they're transformed the playing field is more even and he fights back.

* ''Series/{{Danger 5}}'': In the trailer, Jackson decks a Nazi woman who is trying to kiss him.

* ''TwinPeaks'': Agent Cooper isn't apposed to taking out a woman if she poses a threat. At one point he forced a woman to show her the way a hostage and then knocked her out cold after she attempted to attack him with a knife.
* ''UnnaturalHistory'': Judging from the first episode, [[spoiler: Henry would. Though it's a JustifiedTrope considering she tried to kill him before.]]
* ''WalkerTexasRanger'':

* The ''{{Charmed}}'' ones pose a threat to every demon in existence so any worries they have about hitting women goes out the window, especially when one of them is trained in martial arts. Cole shows no problem training hand-to-hand with Phoebe and he eventually does hit her in the fifth season (in a bad future where they're still together but miserable). It's presented as his MoralEventHorizon though the majority of the fandom was cheering him on due how badly Phoebe had [[CharacterDerailment been derailed]].

* ''Series/ThirtyRock'': This show is one of the few shows that plays men hitting women for slapstick humor.

* ''Series/AdamTwelve'': Several episodes feature officers Malloy and Reed responding to domestic disputes; the very end of the male protagonist hitting the woman -- before the officers break it up -- is seen in at least a couple of episodes.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': In the episode "Sanctuary", a pissed-off Buffy slugs Angel who hits her back instinctively.

* ''{{Bonanza}}'': In the 14th-season opener, "Forever," Little Joe finally gets married to a beautiful young woman named Alice. However, Alice's brother is an indolent gambler being stalked by a ruthless gambler named Sloan and his thugs ... and they eventually learn that Alice has married into the wealthy Cartwright family and have more than enough money to pay off Sloan. When Alice refuses and one of Sloan's stooges tries to steal a music box, she resists and flees to the bedroom ... only for the designated giant of the group (a 6-foot-8, 300-pound muscle man) to stalk Alice. Although not seen on camera, it is later implied that the giant brutally beat Alice (5-foot-5 and 120 pounds tops) by slapping and punching her repeatedly and crushing her ribs, before breaking her neck and killing her ... all this before the baddies burned down the house that she and Joe shared. (Incidentally, "Forever" was meant to showcase Dan Blocker as Hoss was the intended bridegroom, but Blocker's sudden death in May 1972 forced hasty rewrites by episode writer Michael Landon ... and his decision to put Joe in the shoes of Alice's husband-to-be.)

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Nobody had a problem trying to hit Buffy. However, very few actually managed to lay a hand on her GoodOldFisticuffs style, and those powerful enough to usually relied on magic attacks and weapons. Notable exceptions are Spike (which eventually transforms into foreplay when Buffy and him become a couple), Caleb, and Angel (who slugs Buffy after she's asked him to do so during a sparring match.)

* ''Series/BurnNotice'': Sam Axe. Turns out he will hit a girl if she's trying to take away his shotgun, even if only after a fair bit of provocation.

* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': John Casey will not hesitate to attack a female enemy, and is implied by sheer amount of force used to have killed one or two.
** Another notable example is when one episode where a large badguy named Hugo Panzer breaks out of Castle and is confronted by Agent Greta. Greta attempts to take him down with a swift kick [[ShesGotLegs from her long legs]], which doesn't even faze him. Panzer then responds by knocking her out with one punch. (The scene was all the more memorable due to both characters being played by [[ActorAllusion well-known wrestlers]]).

* ''{{Firefly}}'': Malcolm Reynolds. FemmeFatale with ChronicBackstabbingDisorder who tried to to steal your ship suddenly show up again conning one of your old war buddies? There's a solution for that.

* ''HighlanderTheSeries'': Methos had no problem hitting, or even killing women. And while he was morally ambiguous sometimes, he definitely fell on the gender/sexual equality end of this trope.

* ''KamenRider'': Modern Riders have absolutely no qualms about fighting female monsters regardless of alignment, a stark contrast to old-school Riders, who are reluctant to fight women. That said, female monsters are still pretty rare.

* ''Series/{{Merlin}}'': The title character has no problem fighting female enemies, and has thus far dropped a chandelier on a witch, killed a member of the Sidhe while she's unarmed, made rocks fall on Morgana, blown up a pixie in the form of an elderly woman, electrocuted Nimueh to death with a bolt of lightning, and thrown Morgause into a pillar so hard that she was left disfigured and dying slowly over the course of the following year.

* ''PowerRangers'': Similar to Buffy, none of the monsters in any of the series have any problem attacking the female rangers. This is likely helped by the fact that in many ''SuperSentai,'' the [[ShesAManInJapan Yellow Rangers are male]], so a monster hitting a man in Japan is only hitting a girl in America. In one rather infamous example, when the Evil Green Ranger hijacks the Megazord cockpit, he [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56XvIHaFiWo punches Trini across the face so hard]] she flies across the cockpit.

** Drexler. [[spoiler:He ''claims'' to be adding verisimilitude to the story he feeds Charlie, but his readiness to do so suggests he's willing to do the real thing.]]
** Charlie gets slugged by a militia soldier and later by a militia recruit in episode 7, thereby establishing she must possess a jaw of iron.
** Miles [[spoiler:apparently relies on his reputation of lacking any compunction about gender when it comes to killing, since he]] effectively makes his threats stick in order to get what he wants.

** On ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', where both Kira and Jadzia are [[ActionGirl Action Girls]], few villains have any obvious compunction about fighting them hand-to-hand. In [[BattleCouple Worf and Jadzia's first sparring match]], Worf needed a little encouragement, but he quickly rallied and took her down.
--> '''Dax''': I hope you're not going easy on me because I'm a woman. If it makes it any easier, think of me as a man. [[GenderBender I've been one]] [[TheNthDoctor several times]].

* ''WalkerTexasRanger'': Seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66-o5_U-cwA here.]] This, however, was exceedingly rare, as usually female villains and lackeys would either go into custody without resistance or be dealt with by several of the female Rangers.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Dean and Sam have no problem hitting women when they're possessed or another supernatural nasty. Hell, Dean at least has had [[WouldHurtAChild to hit children in those circumstances]].

* ''EastEnders'': One episode featured a heated argument between Sharon and Phil. Sharon slapped Phil, resulting in a few half-hearted gasps from the people around. Phil hit her back. Cue outcry, with people dragging him back and screaming "you can't hit a girl!".

* ''Series/{{COPS}}'': Several episodes have depicted male-on-female violence, with the officers responding to stop the proceedings.
* ''DogTheBountyHunter'': Several of the bail jumpers pursued are alleged to have committed violence against women. One of them even threw Lyssa Chapman to the ground when she attempted to apprehend him.
* ''HighlanderTheSeries'': Methos had no problem hitting, or even killing women. And while he was morally ambiguous sometimes, he definitely fell on the gender/sexual equality end of this trope.
-->'''Kristin Gilles:''' "Who the hell are you?!"
-->'''Methos:''' "A man born ''long'' before the age of chivalry."
* ''Series/BlakesSeven'': In "Mission to Destiny", Avon does this, then says "I really rather enjoyed that!"

* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': In season one, Nikki Sanders meets Nathan Petrelli a second time and warns him that he's walking into a trap. Then she tells him to knock her out. Nathan hesitates, and Nikki tells him that if he doesn't, Jessica will take control again. So, Nathan punches her in the face.
* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'': When the team faces their {{Evil Counterpart}}s, Eliot's is an Israeli woman. When they finally fight for real, she asks "You wouldn't hit a girl, would you?" and he responds [[GeniusBruiser in Hebrew]] "Not unless she hits me first." When she does, he says "That counts" and they fight, with a lot of ClothingDamage [[{{Fanservice}} on both sides]].
* ''Series/ThirtyRock'': This show is one of the few shows that plays men hitting women for slapstick humor.
---> '''Dr. Spaceman''': GO TO SLEEP! SLEEP, JENNA! SLEEP! IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!
* ''LoisAndClark'': Superman's powers have been transferred to a guy who uses them to become a superhero for hire, and later a villainess who replicates Supes' powers for eeeeeevil. At the end, Supes WouldntHitAGirl, and is at a total loss as to what to do... and then "Resplendent Man" slugs her.
* ''SledgeHammer'': Inspector Sledge Hammer was always willing to hit or shoot women. In the first episode of "Sledge Hammer!", he shoots a female terrorist, then tells her, "Call me a feminist." Later episodes subverted his willingness to fight women twice: [[spoiler:in one first-season episode, he fights a woman who turns out to be a man in disguise, and in a second-season episode, he fights a man who turns out to be a woman in disguise.]]
* ''KamenRider'': Modern Riders have absolutely no qualms about fighting female monsters regardless of alignment, a stark contrast to old-school Riders, who are reluctant to fight women. That said, female monsters are still pretty rare.
** In a more specific example, ''KamenRiderDouble'''s second movie features a woman as part of the villainous mercenaries set on taking over the city. Shotaro doesn't fight her as a human because she's a better fighter and has flame powers, but when they're transformed the playing field is more even and he fights back.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Nobody had a problem trying to hit Buffy. However, very few actually managed to lay a hand on her GoodOldFisticuffs style, and those powerful enough to usually relied on magic attacks and weapons. Notable exceptions are Spike (which eventually transforms into foreplay when Buffy and him become a couple), Caleb, and Angel (who slugs Buffy after she's asked him to do so during a sparring match.)
** Xander also punches Cordelia once.
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': In the episode "Sanctuary", a pissed-off Buffy slugs Angel who hits her back instinctively.
-->'''Buffy''': You hit me.
-->'''Angel''': Not to go all schoolyard on you, but you hit me first. In case you've forgotten - you're a little bit stronger than I am.
** Lindsay also punches Lilah in "Reprise".
* ''PowerRangers'': Similar to Buffy, none of the monsters in any of the series have any problem attacking the female rangers. This is likely helped by the fact that in many ''SuperSentai,'' the [[ShesAManInJapan Yellow Rangers are male]], so a monster hitting a man in Japan is only hitting a girl in America. In one rather infamous example, when the Evil Green Ranger hijacks the Megazord cockpit, he [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56XvIHaFiWo punches Trini across the face so hard]] she flies across the cockpit.
** As an inverse, the male rangers have no problem hitting the female monsters, such as Madame Woe, Lip Syncher, or Dischordia.
** They also have few issues with fighting non-monster female antagonists, such as Astronema, Trakeena, and Nadira.
* ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'': A joke in the pilot episode. Mary engages in a literal SlapSlapKiss with Dick, and -- being an alien with limited understanding of human culture -- he follows her lead and smacks ''her'' after the second kiss. (And then leaving the party, he responds the same way to the poor hostess kissing him on the cheek.)
* ''UnnaturalHistory'': Judging from the first episode, [[spoiler: Henry would. Though it's a JustifiedTrope considering she tried to kill him before.]]
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Dean and Sam have no problem hitting women when they're possessed or another supernatural nasty. Hell, Dean at least has had [[WouldHurtAChild to hit children in those circumstances]].
* ''Series/{{Stargate SG-1}}'': PlayedForLaughs in the episode "Prometheus Unbound." Vala expresses surprise that Daniel hit her during a fight she started and he replies, with understandable annoyance, "You hit ME!"
* ''Series/{{Rome}}'': Male characters seem to have no problems hitting women. It's notable that an underplayed moment in the pilot episode involves Octavian casually backhanding a slave girl who accidentally bumped him with a chair, showing the attitude to violence in general in the society. Specific incidences include Ceasar striking Servillia twice, hard, after she responds to his telling her their affair must end by slapping him repeatedly, and Mark Anthony instantly and heavily backhanding Atia when she slaps him while they have an argument in bed.
* ''{{Firefly}}'': Malcolm Reynolds. FemmeFatale with ChronicBackstabbingDisorder who tried to to steal your ship suddenly show up again conning one of your old war buddies? There's a solution for that.
** In much more of a KickTheDog fashion, Jubal Early hits Inara after she tries to intuit his motivations and talk him down from his hunt for River.

* ''HumanTarget'': Guerrero pretty much introduced himself to Ames by punching her in the face. (It wasn't totally unreasonable in context, but it also wasn't his only option.)
* ''Series/{{Merlin}}'': The title character has no problem fighting female enemies, and has thus far dropped a chandelier on a witch, killed a member of the Sidhe while she's unarmed, made rocks fall on Morgana, blown up a pixie in the form of an elderly woman, electrocuted Nimueh to death with a bolt of lightning, and thrown Morgause into a pillar so hard that she was left disfigured and dying slowly over the course of the following year.
** Uther hits Guinevere around the face when she gives him sass.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': [[TheMcCoy McCoy]] has no problem [[RefugeInAudacity slapping a pregnant woman]] across the face (but only to get her to cooperate).
** On ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', where both Kira and Jadzia are [[ActionGirl Action Girls]], few villains have any obvious compunction about fighting them hand-to-hand. In [[BattleCouple Worf and Jadzia's first sparring match]], Worf needed a little encouragement, but he quickly rallied and took her down.
--> '''Dax''': I hope you're not going easy on me because I'm a woman. If it makes it any easier, think of me as a man. [[GenderBender I've been one]] [[TheNthDoctor several times]].
* ''{{Smallville}}'': There are plenty of female Meteor Freaks and metahumans out there, meaning that this trope is in full effect. It would be easier to list the guys who ''won't'' hit back, as everyone from [[BigBad Lex]] to [[AntiHero Oliver]] to ''[[TheMessiah Clark]]'' is more than willing to. It's never really discussed either; in a world full of superheroes, it's just an occupational hazard.
* ''WalkerTexasRanger'': Seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66-o5_U-cwA here.]] This, however, was exceedingly rare, as usually female villains and lackeys would either go into custody without resistance or be dealt with by several of the female Rangers.
** While Walker was (almost) always a gentleman and never struck a woman, this trope was ignored fully by the male villains, who regularly struck women and had no qualms about putting their lives in severe danger. (In one episode, a brute smacks an elderly woman across the face after she warns that God will deal with him for his crimes.)
* ''{{Glee}}'': In Season One, Karofsky casually shoves Tina into Kurt when the two of them are wearing their Lady Gaga outfits, only to get told off by a scared but determined Kurt for [[WouldntHitAGirl hitting a girl]]. By the second season, however, Karofsky has moved into [[spoiler: both ArmoredClosetGay]] and StalkerWithACrush territory, and ignores Tina to shove Kurt, who is walking with her, into the lockers.

* ''JerseyShore'': Had a moment early in its first season when a patron at the bar that the group was at took their drinks. Snooki went over to tell the guy that the drinks were theirs and he randomly punched her in the face. This got him in a ''heap'' of trouble, not only getting him arrested but also nearly beat up on the street by a bunch of other bargoers that were gonna mess him up for hitting a girl.

* ''TheTwilightZone'': In the episode "Two," the man gets into a fistfight with an enemy soldier, who happens to be a woman. He knocks her out cold.

* ''TheWildWildWest'': In the opening credits, James West decks a woman who was about to stab him in the back (in said opening credits he knocked out one enemy and shot another, so this is still a step down on violence). This is a change from the season one opening credits, where he's such a good kisser that she renounces stabbing him. It should be noted that in the series itself the only time Jim actually ''did'' hit a woman was in "The Night of the Running Death" [[spoiler: - and "she" turned out to be a man]].
* ''TwinPeaks'': Agent Cooper isn't apposed to taking out a woman if she poses a threat. At one point he forced a woman to show her the way a hostage and then knocked her out cold after she attempted to attack him with a knife.
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': Does this a lot. Usually it's done so the UnSub can gain control of the victim in question, but sometimes- such as in "Minimal Loss" when Emily Prentiss allows herself to get smacked around (or is actually overpowered in a fight by Ian Doyle) and the final victim [[spoiler:who was rescued]] in "The Slave of Duty"- the [[BigBad Big Bad]] gets to actually partake in a beating.
* ''BetterOffTed'': Veronica goes through a period of slapping her problems in the face. When she slaps Ted, he slaps her right back. Her reaction: "We're cool."

* ''TwentyFour'': Even though his kills can be counted on one hand, Jack Bauer is just as willing to kill female terrorists as he is the male ones. Or torture or wounding them for that matter if it means accomplishing his goals, ''even if they're innocent.''

* An episode of ''EastEnders'' featured a heated argument between Sharon and Phil. Sharon slapped Phil, resulting in a few half-hearted gasps from the people around. Phil hit her back. Cue outcry, with people dragging him back and screaming "you can't hit a girl!".
* Several episodes of ''Series/AdamTwelve'' feature officers Malloy and Reed responding to domestic disputes; the very end of the male protagonist hitting the woman -- before the officers break it up -- is seen in at least a couple of episodes.

* Several episodes of ''Series/{{COPS}}'' have depicted male-on-female violence, with the officers responding to stop the proceedings.
* Several of the bail jumpers pursued on ''DogTheBountyHunter'' are alleged to have committed violence against women. One of them even threw Lyssa Chapman to the ground when she attempted to apprehend him.
* Methos in ''HighlanderTheSeries'' had no problem hitting, or even killing women. And while he was morally ambiguous sometimes, he definitely fell on the gender/sexual equality end of this trope.

* ''Series/BlakesSeven'' - in "Mission to Destiny", Avon does this, then says "I really rather enjoyed that!"
* ''Series/AdamAdamantLives'' is notable for being so chivalrous that he refuses to believe any woman could be a villain, even though there's a female villain in virtually every episode. When he is presented with evidence of their duplicity, however, he doesn't tend to pull his punches: the very first episode ends with him ''pushing a female villain off a roof'' when she threatens Georgina, noting he's never killed a woman before but she's forced him to do so.
* In ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]'', when Kara Thrace slugs Lee Adama in the face, he's more than happy to slug her right back. One of many instances on the show.

* In season one of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Nikki Sanders meets Nathan Petrelli a second time and warns him that he's walking into a trap. Then she tells him to knock her out. Nathan hesitates, and Nikki tells him that if he doesn't, Jessica will take control again. So, Nathan punches her in the face.
* On ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', when the team faces their {{Evil Counterpart}}s, Eliot's is an Israeli woman. When they finally fight for real, she asks "You wouldn't hit a girl, would you?" and he responds [[GeniusBruiser in Hebrew]] "Not unless she hits me first." When she does, he says "That counts" and they fight, with a lot of ClothingDamage [[{{Fanservice}} on both sides]].
* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' is one of the few shows that plays men hitting women for slapstick humor.

* In ''LoisAndClark,'' Superman's powers have been transferred to a guy who uses them to become a superhero for hire, and later a villainess who replicates Supes' powers for eeeeeevil. At the end, Supes WouldntHitAGirl, and is at a total loss as to what to do... and then "Resplendent Man" slugs her.
* Inspector "SledgeHammer" was always willing to hit or shoot women. In the first episode of "Sledge Hammer!", he shoots a female terrorist, then tells her, "Call me a feminist." Later episodes subverted his willingness to fight women twice: [[spoiler:in one first-season episode, he fights a woman who turns out to be a man in disguise, and in a second-season episode, he fights a man who turns out to be a woman in disguise.]]
* Modern {{Kamen Rider}}s have absolutely no qualms about fighting female monsters regardless of alignment, a stark contrast to old-school Riders, who are reluctant to fight women. That said, female monsters are still pretty rare.

* [[Series/BurnNotice Sam Axe]] Turns out will hit a girl if she's trying to take away his shotgun, even if only after a fair bit of provocation.

* Nobody had a problem trying to hit Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer. However, very few actually managed to lay a hand on her GoodOldFisticuffs style, and those powerful enough to usually relied on magic attacks and weapons.. Notable exceptions are Spike (which eventually transforms into foreplay when Buffy and him become a couple), Caleb, and Angel (who slugs Buffy after she's asked him to do so during a sparring match.)

* In the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "Sanctuary", a pissed-off Buffy slugs Angel who hits her back instinctively.

* Similar to Buffy, none of the monsters in any of the ''PowerRangers'' series have any problem attacking the female rangers. This is likely helped by the fact that in many ''SuperSentai,'' the [[ShesAManInJapan Yellow Rangers are male]], so a monster hitting a man in Japan is only hitting a girl in America. In one rather infamous example, when the Evil Green Ranger hijacks the Megazord cockpit, he [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56XvIHaFiWo punches Trini across the face so hard]] she flies across the cockpit.

* A joke in the pilot episode of ''ThirdRockFromTheSun''. Mary engages in a literal SlapSlapKiss with Dick, and -- being an alien with limited understanding of human culture -- he follows her lead and smacks ''her'' after the second kiss. (And then leaving the party, he responds the same way to the poor hostess kissing him on the cheek.)
* Judging from the first episode of ''UnnaturalHistory'', [[spoiler: Henry would. Though it's {{justified|Trope}} considering she tried to kill him before.]]
* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', Dean and Sam have no problem hitting women when they're possessed or another supernatural nasty. Hell, Dean at least has had [[WouldHurtAChild to hit children in those circumstances]].
* PlayedForLaughs in the ''Series/{{Stargate SG-1}}'' episode "Prometheus Unbound." Vala expresses surprise that Daniel hit her during a fight she started and he replies, with understandable annoyance, "You hit ME!"
* Male characters in ''Series/{{Rome}}'' seem to have no problems hitting women. It's notable that an underplayed moment in the pilot episode involves Octavian casually backhanding a slave girl who accidentally bumped him with a chair, showing the attitude to violence in general in the society. Specific incidences include Ceasar striking Servillia twice, hard, after she responds to his telling her their affair must end by slapping him repeatedly, and Mark Anthony instantly and heavily backhanding Atia when she slaps him while they have an argument in bed.
* Malcolm Reynolds from ''{{Firefly}}''. FemmeFatale with ChronicBackstabbingDisorder who tried to to steal your ship suddenly show up again conning one of your old war buddies? There's a solution for that.

* John Casey of ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' will not hesitate to attack a female enemy, and is implied by sheer amount of force used to have killed one or two.

* In ''HumanTarget'', Guerrero pretty much introduced himself to Ames by punching her in the face. (It wasn't totally unreasonable in context, but it also wasn't his only option.)
* The title character of ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' has no problem fighting female enemies, and has thus far dropped a chandelier on a witch, killed a member of the Sidhe while she's unarmed, made rocks fall on Morgana, blown up a pixie in the form of an elderly woman, electrocuted Nimueh to death with a bolt of lightning, and thrown Morgause into a pillar so hard that she was left disfigured and dying slowly over the course of the following year.

* On ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', [[TheMcCoy McCoy]] has no problem [[RefugeInAudacity slapping a pregnant woman]] across the face (but only to get her to cooperate).

* ''WalkerTexasRanger:'' Seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66-o5_U-cwA here.]] This, however, was exceedingly rare, as usually female villains and lackeys would either go into custody without resistance or be dealt with by several of the female Rangers.

* In Season One of ''{{Glee}}'', Karofsky casually shoves Tina into Kurt when the two of them are wearing their Lady Gaga outfits, only to get told off by a scared but determined Kurt for [[WouldntHitAGirl hitting a girl]]. By the second season, however, Karofsky has moved into [[spoiler: both ArmoredClosetGay]] and StalkerWithACrush territory, and ignores Tina to shove Kurt, who is walking with her, into the lockers.
* Jeff and Troy in ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS2E06Epidemiology Epidemiology]]", if that girl were a zombie.
* ''JerseyShore'' had a moment early in its first season when a patron at the bar that the group was at took their drinks. Snooki went over to tell the guy that the drinks were theirs and he randomly punched her in the face. This got him in a ''heap'' of trouble, not only getting him arrested but also nearly beat up on the street by a bunch of other bargoers that were gonna mess him up for hitting a girl.
* In the trailer for ''Series/{{Danger 5}}'', Jackson decks a Nazi woman who is trying to kiss him.

* In ''TheTwilightZone'' episode "Two," the man gets into a fistfight with an enemy soldier, who happens to be a woman. He knocks her out cold.
* Discussed in ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}''. While Gene seems to draw the line at ''striking'' women, he isn't averse to using other aggressive tactics on them. One episode features a suspect who was seen pushing a woman out of a car; Gene defends him against Sam's accusations by saying that doesn't make one 'a bad bloke'.
* In ''TheWildWildWest''[='s=] opening credits, James West decks a woman who was about to stab him in the back (in said opening credits he knocked out one enemy and shot another, so this is still a step down on violence). This is a change from the season one opening credits, where he's such a good kisser that she renounces stabbing him. It should be noted that in the series itself the only time Jim actually ''did'' hit a woman was in "The Night of the Running Death" [[spoiler: - and "she" turned out to be a man]].
* Agent Cooper isn't apposed to taking out a woman if she poses a threat in ''TwinPeaks''. At one point he forced a woman to show her the way a hostage and then knocked her out cold after she attempted to attack him with a knife.
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' does this a lot. Usually it's done so the UnSub can gain control of the victim in question, but sometimes- such as in "Minimal Loss" when Emily Prentiss allows herself to get smacked around (or is actually overpowered in a fight by Ian Doyle) and the final victim [[spoiler:who was rescued]] in "The Slave of Duty"- the [[BigBad Big Bad]] gets to actually partake in a beating.
* In ''BetterOffTed'', Veronica goes through a period of slapping her problems in the face. When she slaps Ted, he slaps her right back. Her reaction: "We're cool."
* Captain Hook in ''Series/OnceUponATime'' has no qualms with hurting women. He [[spoiler: ripped out Aurora's heart]] and backhanded and nearly stabbed Belle with his hook. He physically shoved Emma out of the way to get at Rumpelstiltskin. Then, there was "The Outsider" where [[spoiler: he shot Belle in the shoulder.]]
* Even though his kills can be counted on one hand, [[TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] is just as willing to kill female terrorists as he is the male ones. Or torture or wounding them for that matter if it means accomplishing his goals, ''even if they're innocent.''

* Male characters in ''{{Rome}}'' seem to have no problems hitting women. It's notable that an underplayed moment in the pilot episode involves Octavian casually backhanding a slave girl who accidentally bumped him with a chair, showing the attitude to violence in general in the society. Specific incidences include Ceasar striking Servillia twice, hard, after she responds to his telling her their affair must end by slapping him repeatedly, and Mark Anthony instantly and heavily backhanding Atia when she slaps him while they have an argument in bed.