Line #30 CuteBruiser/WesternAnimation


1	* Princess Calla from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' is a beautiful TomboyPrincess who can kick the ass of any opponent when she's ready for a fight and she accidentally proved that to her father first hand when they challenged each other [[KingIncognito in disguise]].
2	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Nicole, Jamie, Anais and [[RareMaleExample Ocho]] are cute and, with the exception of the first of the four, small. They are also very strong and all have beaten up people much bigger than them.
3	* Polly Plantar from ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' is the BloodKnight of the main cast, despite still being a pollywog who doesn't even have legs yet.
4	* Dot Warner from ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' sings a whole song about how cute she is and is known as the cute one among the Warner Siblings, but she's more than willing to clobber anyone who messes with her or her brothers and is arguably the most violent of the three.
5	* [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTophBeifong Toph Beifong]] from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', a short, little, blind girl who can Earthbend circles around pro-wrestlers and crumple solid metal between her fingertips without breaking a sweat. It was mentioned on the DVDCommentary that Toph wasn't originally female ([[WhatCouldHaveBeen the Earthbender in the opening and by extension The Boulder was the original design]]), but they changed it partially because they liked the concept of a twelve year old girl kicking the asses of a bunch of people much larger than her.
6	** Which was hilariously spoofed in "The Ember Island Players," with a big muscular guy playing as Toph. While most of the characters overwhelmingly hate their character depictions, [[TheBigGuy Toph, in fact, loves hers.]]
7	** She's also one of the two most powerful Earthbenders in the world, tied with King Bumi. They once had a fight to determine who was the strongest. They wound up having to stop in the middle because it might have given away their location. But they couldn't hear Sokka telling them to stop, so every other good guy and member of the White Lotus had to stop them. They're later seen planning a rematch.
8	** In SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraAvatarKorra Korra]] displays this trait as well. When the White Lotus Society first meets her, she is already bending three elements with skill...at about age four.
9	* Panini from ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}''. She gives a beating to Gazpacho and Gorgonzola in "The Bruised Bluenana" and "Hey Hey It's Knishmas" respectively. In one instance she threatens Chowder into holding her hand while walking home.
10	* Danielle in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''. Being a [[OppositeSexClone clone]] of the main hero gives her all the powers she needs to butt kick.
11	* Dave's sister Fang in ''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian''. She might be more of a {{parody}} of the trope, though.
12	* ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'':
13	** 8-year-old Bobby. Neither a little girl nor quite possessing super strength, but giving the squeaky-voiced little brother of the group a magic caveman club that causes earthquakes on impact has much the same "gotcha" effect.
14	** His friend Diana the Acrobat, a 14-year-old [[SheFu gymnastics expert]] who has an extendable staff as her weapon.
15	* An early (male) example is Bamm-Bamm Rubble from ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', though his SuperStrength was mostly done for laughs.
16	* Mabel Pines from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' is undeniably cute and packs a mean punch.
17	* [[Characters/HeyArnoldHelgaGPataki Helga G. Pataki]] from ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' is 9 years old and still pretty capable of giving beatings to other people.
18	* Jade from ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' is not only a cunning GuileHeroine and CombatPragmatist, she goes into full-on BadassAdorable territory when kicking butt with martial arts, even beating a Section 13 secret agent into submission once.
19	* ''WesternAnimation/JadeArmor'': Despite appearing like an average young girl, Lan Jun is an expert martial artist and a force to be reckoned with even without the Jade Armor.
20	* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'': Heloise is easily the smallest member of the cast. She's also the one you [[EnfantTerrible wouldn't want to piss off]]. Only slightly second to her is [[CuteMonsterGirl Saffi]].
21	* Jungle Boy from ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'', although ironically enough Johnny Bravo is able to injure him quite easily.
22	* Shayera/Hawkgirl in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague.'' While she is an adult, she is easily the tiniest (and most smash-happy) member of the Original Seven. ''[[HeroesUnlimited Justice League Unlimited]]'' also throws in examples like Supergirl, Stargirl, and Black Canary.
23	* June from ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' can beat you so hard when she's in a bad mood, you might have to go to the ER. It doesn't help that she can lift stuff 5 times her size.
24	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': Pretty teenage girl, cheerleader and scourge of {{supervillain}}s, for whom kicking henchman ass is a hobby. Also her sidekick Ron's adopted little sister, Hana is a toddler with prophesied "monkey ninja" powers.
25	* [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Stitch]] from ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' looks like a blue koala and can single-handedly take down enemies twice his size. It helps that he can lift 3000 times his weight. His preferred weapons are his fists and his [[ExtremeOmnivore jaw]].
26	** Don't discount Lilo Pelekai, though. She may be a little human girl, but she's not afraid to get physical as [[AlphaBitch Mertle Edmonds]] found out the hard way in the first film and ''[[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch Stitch Has a Glitch]]''.
27	-->'''[[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Keoni Jameson]]''' ''(after Lilo throws him out of her house)'': Wow, she's stronger than she looks.
28	* WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse: Any of the sisters qualify, really, since they're all adorable in their own ways, but the biggest examples are Lynn Loud Junior, the resident LovableJock of the Loud family who is petite and cute yet hellishly strong, tough and aggressive, and Lana, the six year old mud loving rough girl who is also shown to be a good wrestler in some episodes.
29	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Some of Sylvester’s shorts had a baby kangaroo named Hippity Hopper who fits this trope to a T. He’s able to beat the shit out of Sylvester pretty good; oddly for this trope, he DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength and thinks they’re just playing around.
30	* Jenny "[=XJ-9=]" Wakeman from ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' definitely counts. As the theme song puts it, she has "the strength of a million and seventy men" while also being an adorable RobotGirl.
31	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
32	** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicApplejack Applejack]], whose jobs are a cowgirl and an apple bucker, i.e. herding large animals and kicking trees. To get an idea of how powerful she is, the episode "Fall Weather Friends" featured a strength contest between her and Rainbow Dash at one point. RD manages to simply hit the bell on the [[TestYourStrengthGame strength-test machine]]. Applejack? Thanks to years of applebucking practice, she ''completely destroys it.'' And Rainbow Dash herself isn't that bad. In the hoof-wrestling part she easily won over Applejack.
33	** Also, seeming fragile flower [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRarity Rarity]], who, when forced into a fight, hardly relies on her magic at all and is far from helpless in combat. This includes straight out punching out a {{Mook}} or two at one point. Heck, in the pilot, ''she kicks a manticore in the face''.
34	** [[MemeticMutation Fluttershy totally kills that bear!]] [[spoiler: Actually, [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicFluttershy Fluttershy]] was just healing his backache.]]
35	** Really, any pony at all who can kick ass is this. It goes with [[SugarBowl the territory.]] Equestria does seem to have something along the lines of a military composed of brightly-coloured ponies.
36	* Isabella from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' is very cute but also very tough. Also, she is not afraid to use said cuteness ''as a weapon'', as shown in "Meapless in Seattle". By extension, all of her Fireside Girl allies are this, too, also being very small and cute but capable many impressive physical feats (for instance, it's implied they can wrestle alligators and even move mountains).
37	* All three of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', who are canonically the most powerful heroes in their world -- the fastest, strongest, toughest, and most capable.
38	** Next to them, you have (had) the Rowdyruff Boys, their {{Spear Counterpart}}s. [[HatesBeingCalledCute They'd probably punch your lights out if you called them "cute", though]].
39	* Spinelli from ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', known for being the toughest kid on the playground and intimidating kids twice her size and even adults.
40	* Rigby from ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', who is a small and feisty raccoon who can pull through in some seriously reality-defying situations. He's also a decent fighter for someone his size.
41	* Lisa Simpson in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E4TreehouseOfHorrorX Treehouse of Horror X]]" where she gains superpowers and becomes Clobber Girl.
42	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'''s Nikki Wong maybe the smallest member of her group, but she is by far the strongest.
43	* Bunnie Rabbot from 'WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'', who gains SuperStrength aside from being part robot.
44	* Sandy Cheeks of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' is clearly Bikini Bottom's strongest resident, occasionally challenging massive, heavily muscled fish and Larry the Lobster to weightlifting challenges.
45	* Molly Cunningham from ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin''. If you ever piss her off, don't let her anywhere near your shins.
46	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'':
47	** Starfire, an unusual tall example.
48	*** And, by extension, her sister Blackfire.
49	** Terra isn't physically powerful, but her powers are more suited to blunt force than subtlety.
50	** Beast Boy is a RareMaleExample.
51	* In ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoons, Jerry the Mouse is usually on the receiving end of pounding and can only get upper hand through cunning and agility. But God help you if you hurt his friend - he will trash you and wipe the floor with your blue furry ass. Moreso with his cousin who doesn't even need the adrenaline surges to pummel cats.
52	* Yin and Yang for ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'' are two cute, technicolor rabbit twins who fare pretty well despite their small statures. Yang who uses might, thus relying more on his strength certainly qualifies although Yin proves more than once she doesn't always need magic to fight.
53	* Meg from ''WesternAnimation/MegaBabies'', [[UglyCute for a given definition of "cute", anyway]]. Buck may count as this as well.
54	* Marcus ben Judah from ''WesternAnimation/TheStorykeepers'', He managed to whack a Centurion out of the cart they ride on using a wooden hammer. to get a tragic getaway to the Dockyards.

Context CuteBruiser / WesternAnimation