History WouldHitAGirl / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'' :In the later episode "The "Good Old Days"", he and his grandfather are transported into an old black-and-white cartoon, where they encounter a DastardlyWhiplash-esque version of Vicky. At the end of the episode, Timmy's about to knock seven bells out of her when his grandfather objects that [[WouldntHitAGirl you can't hit girls in old cartoons]]. Timmy immediately wishes that Vicky was a boy, and then knocks seven bells out of ''him''.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Dipper, who's (usually) explicitly treated as a PragmaticHero by the narrative and other characters in-universe, has had a handful of moments like these, though [[ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends Lost Legends]] is the only time where this is explicitly ''implied'' rather than shown: having helped fight off a legion of cliche superheroes (the so-called "Indestructi-buddies"), at least one of whom was a girl, Dipper vocally ponders whether he should feel morally conflicted about leaving the bodies of a bunch of [[TheWorfEffect quickly-made-defenseless]] superheroes behind, thrown in with some subtle LampshadeHanging while he stands next to [[GirlyBruiser Mabel]].

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Dipper, who's (usually) explicitly treated as a PragmaticHero by the narrative and other characters in-universe, has had a handful of moments like these. [[ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends Lost Legends]]" is the only time where this is explicitly implied: having helped fight off a legion of cliche superheroes (the so-called "Indestructi-buddies"), at least one of whom was a girl, Dipper vocally ponders whether he should feel morally conflicted about leaving the bodies of a bunch of [[TheWorfEffect quickly-made-defenseless]] superheroes behind, thrown in with some subtle LampshadeHanging while he stands next to [[GirlyBruiser Mabel]].

Dipper, who's (usually) explicitly treated as a PragmaticHero by the narrative and other characters in-universe, has had a handful of moments like these. [[ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends Lost Legends]]" is the only time where this is explicitly implied: having helped fight off a legion of cliche superheroes (the so-called "Indestructi-buddies"), at least one of whom was a girl, Dipper vocally ponders whether he should feel morally conflicted about leaving the bodies of a bunch of [[TheWorfEffect quickly-made-defenseless]] superheroes behind, thrown in with some subtle LampshadeHanging while he stands next to [[GirlyBruiser Mabel]].

Dipper, who's (usually) explicitly treated as a PragmaticHero by the narrative and other characters in-universe, has had a handful of moments like these. [[ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends Lost Legends]]" is the only time where this is explicitly implied: having helped fight off a legion of cliche superheroes (the so-called "Indestructi-buddies"), at least one of whom was a girl. Dipper vocally ponders whether he should feel morally conflicted about leaving the bodies of a bunch of [[TheWorfEffect quickly-made-defenseless]] superheroes behind, thrown in with some subtle LampshadeHanging while he stands next to [[GirlyBruiser Mabel]].

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' lampshades this in an early episode where Lois learns martial arts and an all family brawl breaks out. Later, Peter can be seen tossing Lois into the trunk of a car, smashing [[AlphaBitch Connie D'Amico's]] face into a fire extinguisher, and shoving [[ButtMonkey Meg]] to the floor for no reason. Peter has also been known to mercilessly beat 8-year-old Lucy (of ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' fame) in retribution for pulling the ball away from placekicker Charlie Brown, a parody of the recurring comic strip gag; he gives her one final kick -- to knock her unconscious -- for not being a licensed therapist.
** And in the beginning of the infamous family brawl scene, after Peter hits Lois:

** While most of Peter's physical abuse toward women was (ahem!) played for laughs, it is played straight and dramatically in episodes featuring Quagmire's sister trying to flee her abusive ex-boyfriend. It's all over now.

** "A Fistful of Meg" –- The Season 12 episode where a bully, who is more than a foot taller and 200 pounds heavier than Meg, threatens to beat Meg to death in the most brutal way possible. He actually does hit her during their fight, but Meg is able to hold her own.
* [[TheBully Boog]] from ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'' is fully comfortable with beating up a much younger [[GenkiGirl Yo]].

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Dipper, who's (usually) explicitly treated as a PragmaticHero by the narrative and other characters in-universe, has had a handful of moments like these: Grunkle Stan has apparently witnessed Dipper trade blows with ''adult'' women if the (debatably canon) ''Hands Off'' segment of "Little Gift Shop of Horrors" is any indication ([[ItMakesSenseInContext long story short]], he was rather [[LetsGetDangerous bold-facedly]] fighting off a witch's nigh-infinite assortment of detached hands), and in "[[ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends Lost Legends]]" helped fight off a legion of cliche superheroes (the so-called "Indestructi-buddies"), at least one of whom was a girl. Subtly lampshaded in the latter example, where he vocally ponders whether he should feel morally conflicted about leaving the bodies of a bunch of [[TheWorfEffect quickly-made-defenseless]] superheroes behind while standing next to [[GirlyBruiser Mabel]].
** In the finale, it's implied that Bill [[spoiler:was about to kill Mabel by "random choice" (between her or Dipper) if Ford had not gave him the equation to getting rid of the barrier trapping him in the town.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': In the episode "New Bully on the Block," fifth grade bullies Wolfgang and Ludwig beat up Helga Pataki twice.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'': Several times in the series-opening miniseries[[note]] -- in this series about the owner of Starlight Music, her eponymous alter-ego, a special hologram-generating computer her father bequeathed her and her efforts to keep the computer and her recording studio out of the hands of the nefarious Eric Raymond --[[/note]], in particular the final scene, where Raymond, upset over losing the rights to control Starlight Music, confronts series protagonist Jerrica Benton, vows revenge and slaps her in the face ... hard. Unfortunately for Raymond, Jerrica's boyfriend, Rio Pachecho, was standing right there and socks Raymond before telling him to either leave now or face assault and trespassing charges. This was unusual for the time, especially with a series aimed at a pre-teen audience and (usually) airing in the afternoons.

** Jonny also has no problems with trying to display his martial arts skills against the Daughters of Zin.
** Speaking of Zin's twins, normally peaceful and serene Hadji of all people throws down in a surprisingly brutal fight with one of them, at one point punching her straight in the face.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheKarateKid'' episode "Homecoming", the VillainOfTheWeek backhands his girlfriend when she tries to keep him from getting the shrine.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': The male characters are generally not above hitting a hostile female if given the chance. Not that any of them are good enough to actually ''land'' a hit on either [[ActionGirl Kim]] or [[DarkActionGirl Shego]]...
** [[KnightOfCerebus Warhok]] has no problems [[DeadGuyOnDisplay mounting a teenage girl as a trophy]], [[TooDumbToLive which becomes his mistake]].
* Has happened in ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperheroes'', in the second season:
** Double Subversion when [[FieryRedhead Lightning Lad]] zaps Esper's feet though Phantom Girl convinces him not to electrocute her for putting Saturn Girl into a [[ConvenientComa coma.]]
** Timber Wolf was [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] by his [[AbusiveParents father]] and attacked the Legion, he backhanded Phantom Girl into a wall before he came to his senses
** In "Dark Victory", [[spoiler: a Brainiac possessed Brainiac 5 slams Shrinking Violet into a wall and manages to digitise the entire Legion.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has a lot of this. Justifiably so, as the vast majority of the world's most powerful characters are female, and the powerful male characters like Discord, King Sombra, and Lord Tirek have all been soundly beaten by said females. It's enough to make one wonder if "[[DistaffCounterpart Wouldn't Hit A Boy]]" is a trope in Equestria:
** The dragon from "Dragonshy" beats up Pinkie Pie off-screen and blows Rainbow Dash out of his cave after she kicks him. He very likely would have done further damage had Fluttershy not intervened.
** In "Lesson Zero", Mayor Mare takes Twilight's favorite toy, Smarty Pants, away from [=Big McIntosh=] who then shoves dozens of mares out of his way in an attempt to reclaim it. Justified as he was under Twilight's spell at the time.
** In "Putting Your Hoof Down", Iron Will throws Pinkie Pie and Rarity around and then into the mud when they try to stop him from reaching Fluttershy's cottage, then later threatens that Fluttershy will be in a world of hurt unless she pays up the money she owes him. Fortunately, the situation gets resolved peacefully.
** Daring Do gets into a BigBallOfViolence with Caballeron's {{Mooks}} in "Daring Don't". And Ahuizotl's worshipers try to attack the Mane 6.
** In ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom Part 2]]'', Tirek has no problem with ''physically'' manhandling Celestia as well as Twilight whom he ''throws into a mountain'' followed by ''tackling her THROUGH it''. When offering Twilight's friends in exchange for the alicorns' magic, the clearly implied bargain is the magic for their lives.
* ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'': The villains have no problem not only attacking three girls but three ''[[CuteBruiser kindergarten-aged girls]]''. To be fair though, they ''are'' villains, and the series would be pretty boring if nobody was willing to fight the protagonists.
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/PussInBoots''. Puss whacked the Masked Kitty with a guitar, but didn't realize that she was female until after she removed her mask.
* The trailer for the fifth season of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' shows Jack gunning down the Daughters of Aku with a machine gun. (Of course, they're a group of merciless assassins out to kill him.)
** Jack does end up falling into a (short) HeroicBSOD after killing one of them in Episode XCIV, though it's not because he killed a woman, but an organic being (as he's only killed robots before). He manages to overcome it after remembering something his father said, and the next time he faces them he fights them without hesitation after they refuse to walk away from the fight.
** Even before the DarkerAndEdgier fifth season, Jack showed that while he's undoubtedly an honourable warrior and a nice guy, he won't pull his punches on women who pursue the bounty on his head. Just ask Josephine and Princess Mira.
* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'': In "Jeepers, It's The Creeper," Velma is cornered by the Creeper. She asks "You wouldn't hit a person with glasses, would you?" The Creeper removes Velma's glasses from her face and winds up to sock her. The trope is averted as Velma kicks the Creeper in the shin and retrieves her glasses before running off.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Bart Simpson can hit girls in playful manors or fight them seriously. This is mainly seen in his relationship with Lisa.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981''
** In her debut episode, "The Smurfette", Hefty attempts to hit Smurfette when she admits she's taking orders from [[EvilSorcerer Gargamel]]. Sort of justified in that Smurfs had no idea what a female was in regards to their own kind at that point.
** In "Romeo and Smurfette", when Gargamel is inside Papa Smurf's body, Smurfette (still hypnotized by Gargamel) tries to seduce him with flattering words, thinking he is Papa Smurf, but Gargamel, impatient to return to normal, beats Smurfette up and goes on his way.
* Cartman from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has no scruples about anything else, so it's no surprise he accepts Wendy's challenge to a fight, and he gets in a few good hits until she bashes his head into the metal climbing equipment, leading to a supremely deserved NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
** Kenny is shown beating a female bully in the episode "The Poor Kid". DO NOT mess with his little sister, Karen.
*** In "Faith Hilling", Kenny is also shown beating up the two rival girls who were doing new memes.
** Randy Marsh punched a female customer of the "Big Vape" shop in an attempt to destroy said store during "Tegridy Farms".
* In ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', none of the villains hesitate to physically attack Star Butterfly. Hero Marco Diaz was willing to tackle Ms Heinous (an evil old woman) to the ground and twist her arms.
* The ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever'' depend on fighting their adversaries. One episode even mocks Solomon Grundy for not fighting them.
* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'':
** In "Livewire", Superman tackles the titular villain through a wall, and she says "At least we know you hit girls!"
** In "Blasts From the Past" and "Absolute Power", Superman has no problem battling the evil Kryptonian Mala.
** In "Warrior Queen", Superman battles Maxima and even rams her face into a steel post.
** In "Legacy", while brainwashed, Superman beats Supergirl to near death. Later, while seeking revenge on Darkseid and his forces, Superman rams the Female Furies through a smokestack.
* In the finale of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama World Tour'' Cody attacks Courtney to try and prevent her from helping [[ArchEnemy Alejandro]] win the game. Of course since Courtney happens to be [[ActionGirl one of the strongest contestants in the entire game]], he gets pinned down within seconds.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': Soundwave attacks Sari with the power of rock, slamming her against a wall.
* Several of the male bots in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' get into many fights against the two femme bots (Arcee and Airachnid) and hardly have any problems fighting against them. It helps that Arcee is an ActionGirl WaifFu and Airachnid is an DarkActionGirl PsychoForHire.
* ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'': [[LethallyStupid Accidental]] or not, [[DumbMuscle Dudley]] shows that he often has no qualms against hitting Kitty and causing most of her injuries in the first place. One episode shows he has absolutely no qualms against using her as a golf club to attack anyone whom he mistakes as the Chameleon (one of T.U.F.F.'s enemies).
* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' has its main six leads being {{Action Girl}}s that fight villains regardless of their gender. As such, the male villains have shown no qualms hitting them with magic and, in the case of a few of them, physical attacks. Examples include Lord Darkar, Valtor, the Wizards of the Black Circle, Tritannus, Acheron, and Brafilius. Correspondingly, the boyfriends of the Winx girl are {{Action Guy}}s who accompany them in battle whenever they can. So, even if their lack of magical abilities means they often get curb-stomped by the villains, they don't have any problem fighting the female ones, especially the Trix.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Dipper, who's (usually) explicitly treated as a PragmaticHero by the narrative and other characters in-universe, has had a handful of moments like these: Grunkle Stan has apparently witnessed Dipper trade blows with ''adult'' women if the (debatably canon) ''Hands Off'' segment of "Little Gift Shop of Horrors" is any indication ([[ItMakesSenseInContext long story short]], he was rather [[LetsGetDangerous bold-facedly]] fighting off a witch's nigh-infinite assortment of detached hands), and in "Lost Legends" helped fight off a legion of cliche superheroes (the so-called "Indestructi-buddies"), at least one of whom was a girl. Subtly lampshaded in the latter example, where he vocally ponders whether he should feel morally conflicted about leaving the bodies of a bunch of [[TheWorfEffect quickly-made-defenseless]] superheroes behind while standing next to [[GirlyBruiser Mabel]].

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Dipper, who's (usually) explicitly treated as a PragmaticHero by the narrative and other characters in-universe, has had a handful of moments like these: Grunkle Stan has apparently witnessed Dipper trade blows with ''adult'' women if the (debatably canon) ''Hands Off'' segment of "Little Gift Shop of Horrors" is any indication ([[ItMakesSenseInContext long story short]], he was rather [[LetsGetDangerous bold-facedly]] fighting off a witch's nigh-infinite assortment of detached hands), and in "Lost Legends" helped fight off a legion of cliche superheroes (the so-called "Indestructi-buddies"), at least one of which was a girl. Subtly lampshaded in the latter example, where he vocally ponders whether he should feel morally conflicted about leaving the bodies of a bunch of [[TheWorfEffect quickly-made-defenseless]] superheroes behind while standing next to [[GirlyBruiser Mabel]].

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** Soos fries a female AI attacking him and his friends by throwing her disc in a pizza oven.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': In a first season episode, Stan beats the crap out of some strippers after trying to convince Hayley to not become one of them.
* Sterling Archer of ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' clearly loves women but has no qualms about knocking a female enemy out cold, taking out a female target, or just smacking a woman a good one [[{{GetAHoldOfYourselfMan}} to get a hold of herself]]. Being an spy, he's probably aware of the risk of being lenient on dangerous women.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' plays this straight in "Arthur's Big Hit" when D.W. takes Arthur's model airplane even though Arthur told her repeated not to touch it and throws it out of the window, obviously too obtuse to learn that model airplanes don't fly. When Arthur sees the damage, he gets furious at D.W. and punches her in the arm out of pique. He gets in serious trouble since she is the younger sister.
** Apparently would, if punching D.W. is any indicator.
* Everyone on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', especially since the characters of both genders tend to be martial arts experts, possibly with elemental manipulation powers. Hell, TheDragon and her two friends are female, and it would really get in the way if Aang or Zuko refused to fight someone throwing lightning at them.
** The sequel series ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' likewise does not have anyone hesitating for a second to hit women. Korra, Lin and Asami have all had various male characters trying to seriously hurt them, but being in a WorldOfBadass they can give as good as they get.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', the team has no problem going all out on the Enchantress.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': Behold, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8LcKev4k1Q Batman Punches An Old Lady In The Face]]. Of course, [[spoiler:she's not actually human]], but there's no way he could have known that; well apart from being Batman, of course.
* Terry, Bruce Wayne's successor, in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''. Really, his policy isn't based on gender, but based on whether the person he's fighting is a good person or not. He'll always avoid hitting innocent victims who are just unfortunate enough to happen to be under the control of the MonsterOfTheWeek, or something along those lines. However, there ''was'' one incident where he avoided hitting two girls who were fighting him...by tricking them into fighting each other. [[CatFight He was grinning the whole way through.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'':
** During the start of the second part of a 2-part episode, "The Cat and the Claw", Batman finally comes face-to-face with StarterVillain Red Claw, a mysterious international terrorist leader who turns out to be a woman. During their fight, Red Claw asks if he has a problem with her being a woman, to which he quips "I'm an equal opportunity crimefighter."
** At least two counts with Poison Ivy. In her [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison premiere]], Batman decks her while tangled up in her plant monster to get at the antidote. In "Almost Got 'im", Batman punches Ivy away to prevent her from trying to take off his mask.
** In "Mad Love," The Joker hits Harley Quinn across the face so hard she flies across the room. And then he pushes her out a window.
** In "Chemistry," Poison Ivy is about to give Batman the kiss of death, then Robin interrupts and says [[VerbThis "kiss this!"]] before knocking Ivy upside the head with a pipe.

* Pointed about by Batman and Magpie in ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman''.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}}'':
** The plot kicks off, when the Bishop of a CorruptChurch burns a innocent women named Lisa at the stake for being a witch. What they didn't know is that Lisa happens to be the beloved wife of {{Dracula}}, que an epic RoaringRampageOfRevenge and attempted KillAllHumans.
** Dracula himself is willing to smack Sypha around, badly cutting her shoulder although she was trying to kill him. [[{{Dhampir}} His son Alucard]] is perfectly happy to behead female vampires like Raman and later slits Sumi a human's throat after she tried to kill him in bed.
** Most male vampires will gleefully rip apart women defenseless or otherwise as well as [[WouldHurtAChild children]] and drink from them like they're soda cans, Ratko in particular expressed a desire to rip off Sypha's beautiful skin. The abuse Carmilla got from her male sire was bad enough to leave her with ongoing nightmares and helped shaped her StrawFeminist behavior.
** Trevor Belmont of course has no issue slaying female vampires and demons, particularly ones trying to kill him, his lover Sypha and best friend Alucard. In Season 4, Trevor uses his cross blade to slice apart two female EliteMooks alongside Alucard in the the climax.
** Isaac doesn't hold anything back while fighting Carmilla to the death, in fact being MookMaker he is perfectly happy to use all his monsters to gang up on her, and successfully stabs Carmilla in the side with his special knife. Since Carmilla is an abhorrent AxCrazy tyrant it's hard to feel sorry for her, although she does put up an [[OneManArmy impressive]] fight.
** Played with in Season 3 when Hector grabs Lenore by the throat to try and escape his cell, her subsequent DisproportionateRetribution [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to him]], makes his actions seem completely tame in comparison.
** [[spoiler: Death [[AndYourLittleDogToo makes it clear]] to Trevor, he plans to kill his girlfriend Sypha (who is pregnant) after dealing with him. Though he doesn't get the chance since Trevor uses the GodzillaThreshold to destroy him.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode "Operation: P.O.O.L.", Numbuh Four didn't hesitate to slug Negative Numbuh Three (which was, in effect, his ShutUpHannibal response to her offer for [[WeCanRuleTogether him to join the DNK]]), before proceeding to do so to the other Negative operatives.
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': Danny has no problems fighting [[MusicalAssassin Ember]], [[JackassGenie Desiree]], or [[MagnificentBastard Spectra]] and knocking them around in the same way as his male adversaries. However the fighting is nearly all done with "ghost rays" or certain weapons where it's a fair fight rather than fists. Danny does not actually hit them and avoids hurting [[{{WellIntentionedExtremist}} Valerie]] when he fights her.
* Implied in ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'''s Big Picture Show. [[spoiler: Eddy's Brother mistakes Edd for a girl and not long afterwards uses Eddy as a club to pound him into the ground.]]
** Ironically, despite being usually depicted as the nicest of the Eds (and probably the nicest character in the show, besides perhaps Nazz), Double D nearly attacks Sarah in "Is There An Ed In The House?" ([[BigBrotherInstinct Ed holds him back, of course]]), and he tries to fight the Kankers as 'The Masked Mumbler'. He gets utterly crushed, of course.
** Another episode has the CampStraight Jimmy attacking Nazz after he suspects her of stealing his shampoo. It's presented more like a CatFight than anything else but Sarah is visibly shocked.
* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'' has a couple of occasions where a character is fully prepared to do this, but is prevented from doing so:
** In "Kung Timmy", Francis threatens to hit Tootie after she intervenes in his fight aainst Timmy. This is enough to give Timmy a HeroicSecondWind, since he's now fighting to defend Tootie and not just for vengeance.
** In the later episode "The "Good Old Days"", he and his grandfather are transported into an old black-and-white cartoon, where they encounter a DastardlyWhiplash-esque version of Vicky. At the end of the episode, Timmy's about to knock seven bells out of her when his grandfather objects that [[WouldntHitAGirl you can't hit girls in old cartoons]]. Timmy immediately wishes that Vicky was a boy, and then knocks seven bells out of ''him''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', Avalanche or any of the Brotherhood boys has no problem fighting female members of the X-Men. Though not actually hitting, Avalanche does one better and used his power to create earthquakes to attempt to ''kill'' Kitty ''twice'' before Season 2 rolls in.
** The GirlsNightOutEpisode "Walk on the Wild Side" has the girls form a vigilante group. When confronted by a chop-shop gang, Amara mockingly reprimands the boss about his mother telling him not to get in fights with girls. He responds it's too bad he never listened.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode "Operation: P.O.O.L.", Numbuh Four didn't hesitate to slug Negative Numbuh Three (which was, in effect, his ShutUpHannibal response to her offer for [[WeCanRuleTogether him to join the DNK.]])

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'', [[JerkAss Mr. Cat]] and [[AntiHero Stumpy]] have no qualms with hitting [[AlphaBitch Pretty]], and in one instance Mr. Cat [[BullyingADragon threatened to hit Kaeloo]].

** In a FreakyFriday episode, Batwoman (a corrupt heiress, not the usual one) has switched bodies with Batman. Amusingly, Batman (in Batwoman's body) tries the "Batman would never hit a defenceless woman" line. Batwoman (in Batman's body) simply responds with "Funny, I don't have that problem" and decks him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' episode "The Smurfette" (a cartoon adaptation from the comics), Hefty attempts to hit Smurfette when she admits she's taking orders from [[EvilSorcerer Gargamel]]. Sort of justified in that Smurfs had no idea what a female was in regards to their own kind at that point.

** In a later episode, he and his grandfather are transported into an old black-and-white cartoon, where they encounter a DastardlyWhiplash-esque version of Vicky. At the end of the episode, Timmy's about to knock seven bells out of her when his grandfather objects that [[WouldntHitAGirl you can't hit girls in old cartoons]]. Timmy immediately wishes that Vicky was a boy, and then knocks seven bells out of ''him''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs19981'' episode "The Smurfette" (a cartoon adaptation from the comics), Hefty attempts to hit Smurfette when she admits she's taking orders from [[EvilSorcerer Gargamel]]. Sort of justified in that Smurfs had no idea what a female was in regards to their own kind at that point.

** At least two counts with Poison Ivy. In her premiere, Batman decks her while tangled up in her plant monster to get at the antidote. In "Almost Got 'im", Batman punches Ivy away to prevent her from trying to take off his mask.

-->'''Batman''': No, I hit a criminal.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "The Smurfette" (a cartoon adaptation from the comics), Hefty attempts to hit Smurfette when she admits she's taking orders from [[EvilSorcerer Gargamel]]. Sort of justified in that Smurfs had no idea what a female was in regards to their own kind at that point.