Line #4 CuteBruiser/ComicBooks


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2	* Li San O'Rourke of the first ''ComicBook/AtariForce'' series is the team's Tactical and Security Officer who pretty much knows how to defend herself. She eventually teaches her daughter Erin Bia (Dart) how to be a capable fighter in her own right.
3	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
4	** Cassandra Cain (ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} II/Blackbat) is a 5'5", 115 pound, pretty, rather quiet Asian girl. She has the remarkable skill of reading body language, but what makes her a cute bruiser is her ability to tank bullets without flinching and punch through inches of quartz.
5	** Stephanie Brown -a.k.a. Spoiler/Batgirl III- is 5'5, 129 lbs, and absolutely bubbly with energy. She's not as good as Cass ([[OvershadowedByAwesome but its pretty hard to be on her level anyway]]), but she started her career by bricking Robin in the face during the token first-introduction fight and decked her supervillain father, and went on to be good enough to take over the reigns of Batgirl when Cass stepped away from it.
6	* ComicBook/MaryMarvel is probably be one of the originals originating back in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, even predating Supergirl. However modern DC has her use the OlderAlterEgo just like her [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} brother]], making her more of a YoungerThanTheyLook ActionGirl. In Jeff Smith's "Monster Society of Evil" mini-series, Mary Marvel's physical body remains the same age when she transforms, and definitely qualifies as cute and dangerous.
7	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
8	** Considering that, at least in Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis\|on Infinite Earths}} continuity, ComicBook/{{Superboy}} first donned his costume at the age of eight, he could count as a male version. And he had his powers ''before'' that. One "Superbaby" story did involve l'il toddler Clark accidentally almost [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroying the world.]]
9	** ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} is a small, cheerful, adorable blonde girl in her mid teens ([[ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton1959 when]] [[ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004 she]] [[ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton first]] arrives) who happens to be one of the most powerful super-beings in the galaxy. She has been known to [[ComicBook/TheGreatDarknessSaga punch one god of evil into space]].
10	* Every ComicBook/WonderGirl is a small statured teen girl with inhuman strength, but Cassie Sandsmark (the WG debuting in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'') fits best given the way she jumps headfirst into brawls without anything resembling hesitation even ''before'' she had any powers.
11	* She leans more towards sexy than cute, but the modern ComicBook/BlackCanary is a tiny 5'4, 124 lbs, blonde woman in her mid-late 20s who's described as being ''exceptionally'' pretty, often earning {{Affectionate Nickname}}s like 'Pretty Bird' or 'Little Bird'. She's also one of the top-ten best martial artists in the world, ''and'' has a powerful metahuman SonicScream power. Making it especially bruising, one of her primary fighting styles is explicitly boxing, as her first teacher was a renouned boxing champion who claims she surpassed him.
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14	* Molly Hayes from ''{{ComicBook/Runaways}}'', a super-strong mutant 11-year-old girl. Who takes this trope to fairly absurd levels what with her [[TheWorfEffect punishing Wolverine]] and her ability to rip a magically attached cloak through strength. Possibly the TropeNamer, as, though her chosen nickname is Princess Powerful, Chase calls her Bruiser. As for the cute part, well... she's certainly cute. What with those pretty animal beanies she's always wearing and all.
15	** It's been suggested that her powers are [[PsychicPowers psionic]] in nature (due to the fact that both her parents were psychics, that she glows when she uses her powers, and that she becomes quickly fatigued when she uses them without showing many signs of physical stress) which might explain the magic-cloak-ripping thing at least a little. Tactile telekinesis, in other words.
16	* The {{ridiculously human robot}} [[ElegantGothicLolita Gothic Lolita]] from the short-lived ''{{ComicBook/Livewires}}'' miniseries.
17	* Hisako Ichiki ('''Armor''') from ''Comicbook/XMen'' is a 5'4", 112 pound, cute and quippy Japanese girl. Her power is Psionic Exo-Armor that can take a hit from anything short of Wolverine's claws, and can lift (with a little assistance) a Skrull Tank.
18	* Laura Kinney (ComicBook/{{X23}}) is a pretty, skinny, tiny (5'1" and 110 pounds--100 pounds without her claws) {{fanservice}}y {{goth}} girl whose typical dress style tends to involve lots of low-waisted skinny jeans, tank tops and [[OfCorsetsSexy corsets]]. She was also raised from birth to be a living weapon, has the same adamantium claws as her [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} "father"]], and is arguably one of Marvel's most lethal killers. ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' even ''has'' her in the Bruisers class. This is the same category as ''Hulk, the Juggernaut, and Thor''.
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21	* Gordon from ''Media/XsOmnibus'' is a very good example. Seeing his sweet cat face compared to his huge muscular body is enough to make him count.
22	* Gully from ''ComicBook/BattleChasers'', who gained SuperStrength from her DisappearedDad's magic gloves.
23	* In the later chapters of ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'', Thorn gains super strength among her powers as the Awakened One. She demonstrates this by picking up and throwing a large warrior--easily twice her weight--and by pulling the iron bars of her dungeon cell out of the wall.
24	* "The Female" from Garth Ennis's ''ComicBook/TheBoys'' comic. A petite, vaguely Asian young woman who, when first introduced, takes out a whole house full of mobsters armed to the teeth while alone and unarmed. Her teammate, "The Frenchman", may also qualify, being only slightly larger than her and just as fearsome, although he's male.
25	** Calling the Frenchman "Cute" might be pushing it. He's sweet when he's around the Female, but cute? Not so much. More a case of CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass really. Who would believe the guy who talks to coffee cups, plays games of reverse strip poker and generally acts like a friendly guy is actually an ultra violent and brutal individual who, along with "The Female", is considered the muscle of the team?
26	* Scrap from ''ComicBook/Dynamo5'' is the most delicate of her teammates, but possesses superstrength and invulnerability.
27	* Hit-Girl from ''ComicBook/KickAss'', a ten-year old vigilante who can kick 7 kinds of ass with a variety of weapons.
28	* Dark Rose of Blood, the leader of ''ComicBook/LessThanThreeComics''[='=] Teen Dream Team, is a cute teen gothic lolita who packs one hell of a punch. A particularly egregious example of her fitting this trope is her second fight against Tarantula.
29	* In ''ComicBook/{{Lullaby}}'', the group's strongest member is probably Red, a little fox-girl who can take on aspects of the wolf. However, at the end of the day, she's still just a little girl, and acts accordingly.
30	* ''[[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mollydanger/molly-danger Molly Danger]]'', the perpetually 10-year-old, super strong protector of Coopersville. Very cute, very capable bruiser.
31	* The title character of ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'' is a seven-year-old little girl in a red dress, with cute little buckteeth, who is always carrying a blue plush bunny around. Get on her bad side, though, and she ''will'' tear you a new one.
32	* ''ComicBook/PS238'' has a few of them; the most prominent are Julie "84" Finster, a 7-year-old girl who is a bit neurotic about the fact that she's the 84th [[FlyingBrick F.I.S.S.]] (Flight, Invulnerability, SuperStrength, SuperSpeed)... basically the superhero equivalent of Brand X. She's also strong enough to wrap a superarmoured attacker in a casino sign and catch punches from a guy who looks to be somewhere in the range of nine feet tall and is identified as having a muscle/mass ratio of "Omega Five" (whatever that means, although given the reactions to this fact, 'bloody strong' seems appropriate).
33	** The [=PS238=] RPG identifies Julie as one of the strongest of the kids at the school, second only to Captain Clarinet [[spoiler:when he had his powers.]] She's basically about as strong as a 7-year-old can be in that world and, as she gains more confidence, the more formidable a combatant (however reluctant) she becomes.
34	** On the male side, you have [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/comics/index.php?date=2006-12-15 Xavier]].
35	** The other is Kristina "Micro Might" Kyle, one of the teachers at [=PS238=] who is able to shrink... and get stronger. Much stronger. To the point where supervillains have a borderline "Oh God. RUN AWAY!" reaction to her.
36	* Violet of the ComicBook/RatQueens is a slender dwarven woman who carries an almost absurdly-large melee arsenal and is highly skilled with its use. She also shaves her beard, presumably to have a better chance at getting a date in a surface world that assumes that its women come without facial hair.
37	* Max from ''[[ComicBook/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam and Max]]'' is an adorable rabbity CartoonCreature whose role in the Freelance Police is the [[GoodCopBadCop Bad Cop]]/thug. He's shown to not be physically as strong as Sam, but who needs strength when you have a huge gun and [[HeroicComedicSociopath no morals or conscience]]?
38	* [[CuteMute Miho]] from ''ComicBook/SinCity'' is cute alright. She's also amazingly dangerous, and will cut you up like a piece of Salami if you happen to piss her off.
39	** Kevin, who WordOfGod states is Miho's EvilCounterpart (let that sink in for a moment), doesn't look very dangerous. He's deadly enough that Marv, one of the toughest characters in the series, has to be CrazyPrepared to beat him.
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