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3	[[quoteright:300:[[VideoGame/TombRaiderLegend https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Lara_Croft_Action_Girl.jpg]]]]
4	[[caption-width-right:300:This is what it means to fight like a girl.]]
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6	->''"I'm a big haymaker in a title fight.''\
7	''I'm a cute black kitten with a nasty bite.''\
8	''I'm an action double-feature on a Friday night!''\
9	''I'm me!"''
10	-->--[[https://youtu.be/Z6xdnA2HMZk?t=11s "I'm Me",]] '''Vanessa Doofenshmirtz''', ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''
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12	An [[TitleDrop Action Girl]] is a female badass who is tough and kicks butt. DamselInDistress? Not her ([[BadassInDistress mostly]]). She's featured in far more than the DesignatedGirlFight. She faces dangerous foes and deadly obstacles, and she ''wins''. She's a fairly common character in the ActionGenre.
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14	For the longest time in many cultures, {{Double Standard}}s in both {{fiction}} and RealLife meant that when it came to action and fighting, guys definitely outnumbered girls. MenActWomenAre was the rule of thumb, which led to the [[TitleDrop Action Girl]] being a subversion of what was acceptable. As society has marched on, this view has faded in some media, leading to stories where Action Girls become the norm rather than the exception, such as stories set in a WorldOfBadass, and especially a WorldOfActionGirls.
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16	The broad [[TitleDrop Action Girl]] concept can take many forms. FauxActionGirl is a case of presenting a character as this, only for them not to live up to the standards of this trope. DarkActionGirl is the villainous (or at least morally ambiguous) variety, and AffirmativeActionGirl is a cast addition intended to balance out gender ratios that typically also falls under this trope. Less action-y versions include YouGoGirl, PluckyGirl, and PassionateSportsGirl (although they can mix if her chosen sport is a combat sport).
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18	This is somewhat of a CyclicTrope, with Action Girls often having surges in popularity in the 1940s, 1970s, 1990s and 2010s, probably not coincidentally times when the women's movement increased in prominence. Action Girls are nigh-omnipresent in modern action films, especially as the love interest or sister of a male ActionHero. Of course, this doesn't mean lesbian Action Girls don't exist.
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20	See below for even more [[SubTrope sub-tropes]] and other variants.
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22	For advice on how to write these types of characters, see SoYouWantTo/WriteAnActionGirl.
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24	%%If you have time, please take time to put examples in alphabetical order. This page Administrivia/HowToAlphabetizeThings should help you with that. Please link examples of the subtropes to them, not to the supertrope.
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26	!![[SubTrope Sub-Tropes]]:
27	[[index]]
28	* ActionFashionista: [[TitleDrop Action Girl]] version of TheFashionista
29	* ActionGirlfriend: She either makes up the other half of a BattleCouple, or covers for her [[NonActionGuy non-action boyfriend]].
30	* ActionMom: An [[TitleDrop Action Girl]] (''woman'' more likely) who has given birth and kicks ass.
31	* AmazonBrigade: A group of Action Girls who consistently work together with no male teammates.
32	* AmazonianBeauty: A female character that's portrayed as attractive because of or despite being muscular. This character is usually an Action Girl.
33	* TheBaroness: A badass and dominant evil woman.
34	* BattleHarem: A group of action girls who fight with/for the same [[LoveInterest lover]].
35	* BlackMagicianGirl: She's spunky and focuses on offensive magic.
36	* BrawnHilda: An ugly, masculine woman. Don't laugh or she'll break you over her knee.
37	* CombatStilettos: A woman fights in high heels.
38	* CuteBruiser: When female - she might ''look'' small, sweet, and mostly harmless, but she [[MegatonPunch hits like a freight train]].
39	* DamselOutOfDistress: Just because this lady was captured doesn't mean she's helpless; she does rescue ''herself''.
40	* DarkActionGirl: An evil woman who kicks ass.
41	* DragonLady: She comes from East Asia, and is often associated with {{the Triads\|AndTheTongs}} or the {{Yakuza}}. Very likely to be a DarkActionGirl.
42	* FemaleFighterMaleHandler: The [[TitleDrop Action Girl]] has a NonActionGuy who handles and/or supports her.
43	* GirlsWithGuns: An action genre focusing on badass girls with guns.
44	* GirlyBruiser: The [[TitleDrop Action Girl]] happens to be a GirlyGirl. Can overlap with ActionFashionista above.
45	* HatesWearingDresses: Action girls often aren't fond of dresses, and the usual reasons are either because [[{{Tomboy}} they're too girly]] or they get in the way of being action-y.
46	* [[JeanneDArchetype Jeanne d'Archetype]]: Action girls modelled on [[UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc Jeanne d'Arc]].
47	* JunglePrincess: Lives in the jungle, often protecting native tribes and animals.
48	* KickChick: Not only fights unarmed, but doesn't even favor her arms.
49	* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Fancy clothes won't get in her way.
50	* LadyOfBlackMagic: A sorceress who's graceful in appearance with dignified manner and wields [[PersonOfMassDestruction immense magical power]].
51	* LadyOfWar: A fine, elegant [[TitleDrop Action Girl]] who's just as composed as she is tough.
52	* LittleMissBadass: Very young Action Girls who are notable for skills and abilities other than, or in addition to, physical strength.
53	* LittleRedFightingHood: An [[TitleDrop Action Girl]] version of Literature/LittleRedRidingHood.
54	* LovelyAngels: A pair of Action Girls who work together as a consistent team.
55	* MagicalGirlWarrior: Where "MagicalGirl" translates into "KungFuWizard or MagicKnight who wears FrillsOfJustice".
56	* MamaBear: Don't mess with her or her kids, or she will kick your ass out.
57	* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: If she wins fights by looking like the exact opposite of an Action Girl, and then being [[CombatPragmatist cunning and cutthroat]].
58	* NeverMessWithGranny: Sweet little senior citizen who can still kick your ass; may also be an OldMaster.
59	* NinjaMaid: Her ''official job'' is as a household servant or employee: [[{{Meido}} maid]], butler, babysitter or nanny are the most common.
60	* PirateGirl: She's a pirate.
61	* PluckyGirl: She has all of the optimism and determination in the world in her hands. Nothing can stop her efforts!
62	* PregnantBadass: If she's capable of fighting ''while pregnant''. If she's extra ferocious because of said bun in the oven, this overlaps with Mama Bear, above.
63	* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: Looks like a delicate princess but can fight better than her guards.
64	* SheFu: Action Girls tend to use lots of flips and cartwheels in fight scenes.
65	* SilkHidingSteel: She's gentle and lady-like, but she'll cut you to ribbons if need be.
66	* SmallGirlBigGun: Prefers a {{BFG}} to make up with her small size.
67	* TheSquadette: [[TheSmurfettePrinciple The only female]] in an otherwise all-male unit.
68	* StrongGirlSmartGuy: When she's part of a BrainsAndBrawn duo with a guy.
69	* SweetPollyOliver: When a woman [[{{Crossdresser}} disguises herself as a male soldier]] in order to go fight in a war.
70	* UndercoverModel: She's a police detective going undercover in a beautiful-woman-related job to investigate a crime.
71	* {{Valkyries}}: Work for [[Myth/NorseMythology Odin]] as choosers of the slain. They have [[Music/RideOfTheValkyries an awesome theme tune]].
72	* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Don't dare to mess with her lover, or else she'll make you sorry.
73	* WaifFu: For when a small woman has to fight a much larger man.
74	* WarriorPrincess: She's royalty and she fights for her country.
75	* WorldOfActionGirls: For works dominated by this character type.
76	* {{Xenafication}}: The harmless damsel of the novel becomes an [[TitleDrop Action Girl]] in the {{film}} adaptation.
77	[[/index]]
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79	!!Examples of Action Girls who don't fit into any of the sub-tropes above:
80	[[index]]
81	* ActionGirl/AnimeAndManga
82	* ActionGirl/ComicBooks
83	* ActionGirl/FanWorks
84	* [[ActionGirl/LiveActionFilms Films – Live-Action]]
85	* ActionGirl/{{Literature}}
86	* ActionGirl/LiveActionTV
87	* ActionGirl/ProWrestling
88	* ActionGirl/VideoGames
89	* ActionGirl/{{Webcomics}}
90	* ActionGirl/WesternAnimation
91	[[/index]]
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93	[[foldercontrol]]
94	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
95	* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': Sweet S. is a downplayed example. Her main superpower is creating bubbles rather than an actual attack, and she's nowhere near as strong as the other Supermen, but she's still a heroine who can and will help the other Supermen fight evil whenever it's needed.
96	[[/folder]]
97
98	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
99	%%* ''WesternAnimation/AlphaAndOmega'': Kate the alpha wolf.
100	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'': Jenna is willing to fight a furious bear far larger than she is and has no qualms with standing up to [[GloryHound Steele]], something many of the male dogs in the film are too afraid to do. Sadly for the fans, she ends up fading into the background in the other two films. Her daughter Aleu in the second movie also gets to be badass, but unfortunately she quickly falls into FauxActionGirl territory.
101	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'':
102	** Maria Posada. When Manolo and Joaquin start a swordfight over her, she picks up a sword and disarms them both in a single move. And that's before the bandits show up. During her travels, she has learned fencing and kung-fu.
103	** The Adelita Twins. Both of them due to having fought in the revolution as ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldaderas soldaderas]]''.
104	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': Merida, who is awesome with a bow and arrow.
105	%%* ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'': Holly Shiftwell
106	* ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'':
107	** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid\|1989}}'': Ariel is one of the first Disney Princesses to fight villains directly, fighting off a shark, saving Eric from drowning in a storm, and taking out Ursula's eels in the climax. Eric does rescue her from Ursula in the very end, but that's not her fault.
108	%%** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King\|1994}}'' has both Nala and Shenzi.
109	** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|Disney}}'': Esmeralda, who, during the Festival of Fools, successfully fights off several of Frollo's guards, and [[spoiler: is the one to rescue a wounded Phoebus from drowning the river after he's shot by said guards in a later scene]].
110	** Fa WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}. Perhaps one of the best examples of an ActionGirl in the entire canon and the first chronogical one at that. After going through combat training, Mulan is perfectly capable of taking on Huns using a sword, a bow-and-arrow, a gunpowder cannon, and even a fan; she even manages to stand against their leader with a bit of cleverness and a cleverly timed foot sweep. In fact, she has the highest kill count of ''any'' Disney character.
111	** ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'': Audrey Ramirez ([[WrenchWench the mechanic]]) and Kidagakash "Kida" Nedakh ([[EmpoweredBadassNormal the]] [[ProudWarriorRaceGirl Atlantean]] [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething princess]]).
112	** ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'': Captain Amelia is a fabulous example, voiced by the lovely Creator/EmmaThompson. One example is during the Permusa black hole sequence, where she manages to steer the ship back under control after the helmsman (a big and equally strong snail/octopus man, mind you) is nearly thrown from the steering wheel. She is notable for being the ''[[TheSmurfettePrinciple only]]'' ActionGirl of the entire cast.
113	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'' has Penny (the onscreen version, anyway), particularly in the opening; it's implied she does all of her own stunts. Mittens has her moments as well.
114	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'': Rapunzel sets off on a whole adventure of her own free will, and fends off lots of opponents with both her hair and a frying pan. She also saves her love interest on several occasions, just to put icing on the cake. This continues in [[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries her own series]].
115	** ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Sergeant Calhoun from ''Hero's Duty''. A grizzled SpaceMarine with a CrazyPrepared attitude, she fights her enemies the Cy-Bugs with a rifle, pistol, and knife.
116	*** Vanellope from ''Sugar Rush'' also counts, in a BadassAdorable kind of way, considering she's a BadassDriver and the one to [[spoiler:save Ralph from falling from the sky during the climax. Also, as the true ruler of ''Sugar Rush'', she's ''the'' BadassDriver in the game]].
117	** ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'':
118	*** Played with [[CuteClumsyGirl Princess Anna]], who is written to be a more realistic example than most examples on this page, considering (on one hand) she is a BadassNormal in comparison to her sister [[IceQueen Elsa]]. On the other hand, the character she was originally based on, Gerda, is considered to be more of an ActionSurvivor.
119	*** In the first film, when helping Kristoff fight off the wolves, she holds her own and bludgeons one of them with Kristoff's lute before burning Kristoff's bedroll and throwing it to stop another in its tracks. In the end, after sacrificing her life for Elsa and returning back to life, she punches Hans in the face with enough force to knock him off a ship.
120	*** In the second film, despite her lack of powers and involvement in direct combat, she proves instrumental in saving the day more than proves her bravery by the end. Specifically, she climbs her way out of a cave, leaps from one cliff edge to another, confronts a group of rock giants and gets them to destroy a dam she lures them to by standing on it so they'd throw boulders at it before leaping away when it starts to crumble.
121	*** Elsa herself, meanwhile, is a full-fledged ActionHeroine, albeit a reluctant one at that. As the token super of the main cast, her main problem-solving method is using her [[AnIcePerson powers]] to blast ice at things. It's how she deals with the wind spirit and the water spirit, freezing the wind spirit and beating the water spirit in battle with her ice magic. It also plays a key role in how she deals with the fire spirit, blasting ice before charming it with ice flakes after it becomes clear it's a super-adorable and cuddly salamander. Although, she usually doesn't want to hurt anyone intentionally, even two guys clearly sent to kill her by the [[BigBadWannabe Duke of Weselton]]. When it's made clear that it's her or them, however, she becomes ''brutal''.
122	** ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'': [=GoGo=] Tomago and Honey Lemon are just as integral to the eponymous team as the other male members, and prove to be skilled combatants with their abilities (super speed and chemical explosions, respectively) in battle.
123	*** The former is a BadassDriver who was probably the first who JumpedAtTheCall and grows to become particularly skilled with her discs in combat, which serve as throwing weapons and shields. In the first fight against [[BigBad Yokai]], she's the only one who gives him a challenge. [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries The series]] also reveals that she likes boxing.
124	*** The latter is a BadassBookworm and ActionFashionista who uses [[ArsenalAttire a purse containing her chemical concoctions]] which, when used, take the form of small balls/bombs to help during fights, usually for either trapping opponents or blowing some stuff up.
125	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': Judy Hopps. A young bunny rabbit from the countryside who dreams of becoming a police officer in the titular big city, she undergoes ZPD training, which obviously includes combat training. In fact, during the TrainingMontage, Judy develops the skill and agility to knock out a Rhino sparring partner by jumping fiercely into the ring ropes, bouncing off them into the Rhino's gloved fist and using her strong legs to kick his fist into his face.
126	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana\|}}'': The 16-year-old daughter of a Polynesian/South Pacific chief, Moana Waialiki is a tough, proactive heroine from the get-go. When her home is in danger of perishing, she sets off on TheHerosJourney, fights off a whole bunch of evil [[{{Mooks}} Kakamora]] on a battleship, stands up to Te Kā, and - in a ''marvelous'' climax - restores the heart of Te Fiti. She has received positive comparisons to the previously mentioned ''Mulan''.
127	** ''WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon'': The titular Raya herself, who also received ''Mulan'' comparisons. The daughter of Chief Benja of the Heart Tribe, she has been training to become the Guardian of the Dragon Gem ever since she was a young girl. Said training involves hand-to-hand combat, swordplay, and even arnis sticks, skills that have vastly improved in the present day. Only Namaari can match her.
128	*** Namaari herself falls under the DarkActionGirl category. While she is not a straightforward villain ([[AntiVillain as she acts only for the safety of her people]]), she is the most prominent force acting against the heroes, a ruthless warrior princess with skills on par with Raya, her {{Foil}}.
129	%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'': Jailbreak.
130	* ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeetTwo'': Boadicea - a penguin chick who can do LeParkour.
131	* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'': In this setting, all vikings are warriors who fight against dragons, including the women. The two most prominently featured ones are Astrid, the protagonist's LoveInterest and Ruffnut, one half of the PluckyComicRelief HalfIdenticalTwins.
132	%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' and ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'':
133	%%** Elastigirl stands out in a world full of male superheroes
134	%%** Violet becomes one as she grows more confident in her abilities.
135	%%* ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'': Tigress and Viper.
136	%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'': Wyldstyle. Hell yeah. Three words: The melting room.
137	%%* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'': Susan, a.k.a. Ginormica, [[CharacterDevelopment eventually becomes one of these]] after starting out as a ReluctantMonster.
138	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'': 7 is the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only girl]] out of the group , and makes her entrance by [[spoiler:decapitating the Cat Beast in one swing.]]
139	%%* ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAForest'': Abigail, a tomboyish woodmouse.
140	%%* ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason'': Giselle.
141	%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'': Jewel, right up until Nigel injures her wing.
142	%%* ''WesternAnimation/RockADoodle'': Peepers, the bespectacled teenage mouse.
143	* Princess Fiona from ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}''; in the [[WesternAnimation/Shrek1 first movie]], she takes out Robin Hood and his merry men when they attempt to give her an UnwantedRescue.
144	* ''Film/SpaceJam'': WesternAnimation/LolaBunny, who is almost as famous for her basketball skills as she is for her MsFanservice design. ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' emphasizes this aspect of her character, to the point of making her a literal [[Franchise/WonderWoman Amazon warrior]].
145	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSteamEnginesOfOz'':
146	** Victoria is a WrenchWench who keeps the gears of Oz turning, but in her first real fight she takes on three lions and very nearly gets the best of them.
147	** The lioness Lucilla is one half of a BattleCouple with her mate Magnus.
148	%%* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': [[AffirmativeActionGirl Jessie]].
149	%%** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': Barbie evolves into this after going through an identity crisis after being thrown away.
150	%%** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'': Bo Peep after her return as well as her new sidekick Giggle [=McDimples=].
151	%%* ''WesternAnimation/WallE'': EVE, with a built-in ion cannon.
152	[[/folder]]
153
154	[[folder:Music]]
155	* Music/TheAquabats: "Danger Woman!" from ''Myths, Legends, and Other Amazing Adventures'' is about a superheroine from the Blog/{{Feedbackverse}}.
156	-->She’s hanging off the chopper\
157	And no one’s gonna stop her\
158	Don’t try and call the doctor\
159	‘Cause she’s jumpin’ around now\
160	Handle bar standing\
161	And flying over canyons\
162	No hands on the landing\
163	Now we’re rollin’ around on the ground
164	* Music/DavidBowie's song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlxphUEaL2k She's Got Medals]]".
165	* Music/{{Disturbed}} features one in the final sequence for its music video, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWxBrI0g1kE Indestructible]]". The other wiki even mentions the significance of featuring a female soldier among its pantheon of legendary warriors.
166	* The Music/FlamingLips, "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" (Her name is Yoshimi / She's a black belt in karate...)
167	* Jex Thoth, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMg2SDmAmIM Warrior Woman]]".
168	* Slymenstra Hymen, Estrogina Lugubrious, and Vulvatron of Music/{{GWAR}}.
169	* Music/MachinaeSupremacy has a song called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO0U2wTAHv0 Action Girl]]".
170	* The music video for Creator/NanaMizuki and TMRevolution's "Kakumei Dualism" featured the two singers duelling in an arena, dressed as a ninja/assassin and Roman centurion, respectively.
171	* Music/{{Pink}} in the video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFu3YzRnyDU Trouble]]".
172	** P!nk in real life, too. In her "I'm Not Dead" tour, she did a full-fledged Cirque de Soleil act forty feet above a stage ''that had no padding and no net''. While singing the entire song live. Every single night. This tour, she's doing a song with a trapeze act that starts out with her ''blindfolded''.
173	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYtdT7Ow7Ws Super Girl (Buttercup)]]" by Music/ShonenKnife.
174	* Music/WoodyGuthrie's "Miss Pavlichenko" is about the real-life Soviet sniper Lyudmilla Pavlichenko, who killed 300 Nazis.
175	* Music/{{Sabaton}}
176	** "Lady of the Dark" is about Milunka Savić, a Serbian woman who [[SweetPollyOliver dressed as a man]] to take the place of her brother when he was conscripted for the First Balkan War. After ten deployments, she was discovered when she was wounded, but she had been such a good soldier that they didn't want to punish her, instead allowing her to serve openly in the infantry when she refused to be transferred to nursing. She went on to serve in World War I in the Serbian and later Yugoslav armies, becoming the most decorated female soldier in the recorded history of warfare, including becoming the sole female recipient of the Croix de Guerre with gold palm. [[NoPlaceForAWarrior And then was practically forgotten as soon as the war was over.]]
177	** "Night Witches" is about Russia's predominantly female 588th Night Bomber Regiment who flew in World War II and terrified the German army with their stealthy bombing runs. Flying mostly at night, they would cut the engines on their plywood and canvas planes in order to silently glide over their target, leaving the enemy none the wiser until the bombs started falling.
178	[[/folder]]
179
180	[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
181	* [[Myth/ScythianMythology The Scythians]], which in RealLife had female warriors and their most well known rulers are war mongering queens like Tomyris, had [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabiti Tabiti]] [[https://www.metmuseum.org/pubs/bulletins/1/pdf/3269235.pdf.bannered.pdf as their]] TopGod. Other deities like Argimpasa and Api [[https://www.academia.edu/34823985/Argimpasa_Scythian_goddess_patroness_of_shamans_a_comparison_of_historical_archaeological_linguistic_and_ethnographic_data had kurgan depictions holding decapitated heads]].
182	* Literature/TheBible:
183	** In Chapter 4 of [[Literature/BookOfJudges Judges]], Deborah, a prophetess and leader (or [[TitleDrop "judge"]]) of Israel, leading her people to victory against a foreign enemy. Boudicea-like, she is a skilled charioteer.
184	** In the same story there's Jael, the wife of one of Deborah's generals, who put a tent peg through an enemy king's head. She's more of a GuileHero, however, having manipulated the guy first before killing him when distracted.
185	** Rahab, the madame of a brothel, gleans secrets from enemy soldiers in moments of distraction and passes them to the Israelites who are besieging the city.
186	** There's also PluckyGirl Judith, who tricks an enemy general and cuts his head off to free the Jews from him.
187	* In ''[[http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=lang&book=red&story=death The Death of Koshchei the Deathless]]'', [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Princess Marya Morevna]] is apparently a fierce and vicious warrior. However, she does come off as a bit of a FauxActionGirl when [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Koshchei the Deathless]] kidnaps her, turning her into a DamselInDistress and forcing her NonActionGuy husband to go on a quest to save her.
188	* [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Egyptian mythology]] has Sekhmet, the [[BloodKnight very bloodthirsty]] lion-headed war goddess with titles like [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Mistress of Dread" and "Lady of Slaughter"]].
189	* [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology ]] features goddesses [[LadyOfWar Athena]], [[BadassBookworm goddess of wisdom/intelligence]], justice and {{war\|God}} and Artemis, [[ImprobableAimingSkills goddess of hunting]], [[NatureHero nature]] and [[{{Lunacy}} the Moon]].
190	** Many goddesses actually, rather ironically given the patriarchal Greek culture. Hera was at times worshipped with a warrior aspect, and kicked the crap out of Artemis in the Trojan War. Selene, the Moon goddess, fought against freaking [[EldritchAbomination Typhon]], many primordial goddesses are clearly much more powerful than Zeus himself (Nyx, for starters, [[MamaBear which is why he never messes with her children]]), and Aphrodite had not only associations with war, but many nasty epithets associated with death and violence.
191	** Also, the mortal heroine Atalanta, who was best known as a huntress (and unsurprisingly a devout follower of Artemis). She was the first to injure the Calydonian Boar, took part in Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece.
192	* Durga[[note]]meaning, "the invincible"[[/note]], from Myth/HinduMythology, is the [[GodOfGood goddess of victory of good over evil]] and very, very good at killing demons.
193	* St. Margaret of Antioch, also called Margaret the Dragon Slayer. Margaret fought off the advances of a local governor and was thrown into a dungeon with a dragon ''which she subdued with a crucifix.'' In art, the crucifix is actually a spear or longsword, the hilt forming the cross, and she battles the dragon in the same manner as [[Myth/SaintGeorge St. George]]. After defeating the dragon, {{Satan}} appeared to her, and [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu she wrestled him to the ground]][[note]]In some versions of the story, [[BludgeonedToDeath hitting him in the head with a hammer]][[/note]]. She is also one of the saints that Joan of Arc claimed appeared to her.
194	* The character of Hua Mulan, known for joining the army in place of her elderly father and too-young brother, fighting to the West of China, then going home and eventually dying of old age.
195	* Myth/NorseMythology:
196	** Freyja, the leader of the Valkyries. When she gets angry, she can make the whole of Asgard shake.
197	** [[ThePowerOfTheSun Sunna]], who is on war with evil sky wolves, and actually left behind the Sowilo rune, which symbolises victory.
198	** The valkyries are basically an AmazonBrigade of death incarnate.
199	* In some depictions, Maid Marian of the ''Myth/RobinHood'' legends. There's even a [[http://www.boldoutlaw.com/rhbal/bal150.html ballad]] (one of the Literature/ChildBallads) where Marian went to seek Robin, [[SweetPollyOliver armed and in man's clothes]], and when she met him, he was also in disguise -- so they fought, for "at least an hour or more", before recognizing each other. Ironically, Marian started out as an ActionGirl only for much later Hollywood adaptations (as in Errol Flynn's ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'') to cast her as the DamselInDistress. Only recently has she regained her original ActionGirl status (Judi Trott in ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'' and Creator/LucyGriffiths in ''Series/RobinHood''), though just as often she comes across as a FauxActionGirl (as in Kevin Costner's ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'').
200	* Mai Bhago was a Sikh woman who rallied fleeing warriors with her [[DrillSergeantNasty urges and taunts]] and her [[TheDulcineaEffect leadership ability]] and [[JeanneDArchetype took them into battle]] against the forces of the Grand Mogul. As all Sikh women are princesses (which is what the common female surname Kaur, means), perhaps she would also be a PrettyPrincessPowerhouse. She's revered as a saint in Sikhism, sometimes called the "Sikh Joan of Arc".
201	* Nora of Kelmendi in UsefulNotes/{{Albania}}n legends was considered the greatest warrior woman in Albania (as well as the [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman most beautiful one]] being compared to Helen of Troy), being born into a [[ReligiousBruiser Roman Catholic warrior clan]] from the highlands and trained by [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy her father]] since [[WantedASonInstead he had no sons]] to help him fight against the UsefulNotes/OttomanEmpire. She killed an Ottoman warlord in a duel after refusing his proposal to join his [[RoyalHarem harem]] because the law of Albanian ''[[CodeOfHonor Kanum]]'' forbade marriage with non-Albanians. According to one version of the legend, she also led an [[AmazonBrigade army of 300 women into battle]] to defend her village from his army.
202	* Victorious viking chief Odd of "Literature/TheStoryOfKingOdd" is actually [[SweetPollyOliver a disguised woman]].
203	* The fairy tale character, Literature/{{Tatterhood}} (no relation to Little Red Riding Hood). She fights trolls (in some versions witches) while wielding a spoon and riding on a goat.
204	* Myth/CelticMythology has Scathach, the warrior maiden who put the folk hero Cu Chulainn through TrainingFromHell.
205	[[/folder]]
206
207	[[folder:Pinball]]
208	* The unnamed woman on the backglass of Creator/{{Atari}}'s ''Pinball/MiddleEarth'' pinball, who's slashing at the [[KillerGorilla giant gorilla]] with a LaserBlade while a {{Kaiju}} prepares to bite her head off.
209	* The Valkyrie in ''Pinball/DungeonsAndDragons1987'', who's hacking away at the fire-breathing dragon even as it has her in its claws.
210	* Captain Rose of ''Pinball/BlackRose'' is an unabashed PirateGirl.
211	* ''Pinball/{{Raven}}'' was ''supposed'' to be one, but ended up coming across as a FauxActionGirl instead.
212	[[/folder]]
213
214	[[folder:Podcasts]]
215	* ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'': At least one major example every plot arc, with the exception of ''The Eleventh Hour'' (which is a more exploration-heavy arc). The first has Killian, a crossbow-wielding orc packing the ability to animate {{golem}}s. The second has Jess, a pit fighter who wields an axe. The third has two: Hurley, a constabulary lieutenant with a black belt in ass-kicking, and Sloane, the apparent villain of the arc who Curb-Stomps our heroes in her first appearance. The fourth arc has Killian return with her teammate, Carey Fangbattle, a Dragonborn Rogue and sister of Jeremy "Scales" Fangbattle. The sixth has Antonia, an elven mercenary, and [[spoiler: Lup, who manages to kill 50% of the big bad duo despite being stuck in an umbrella for the whole arc.]] The seventh has [[spoiler: Lup, and Lucretia ascends to this after episode 65.]] Taako lampshades this when he says "There must be a competent woman who can bail us out".
216	* All the heroes in ''Podcast/{{Jemjammer}}'' are this. [=Æ=]lfgifu is a ranger so she's obvious, Cacphony the Bard will happily fight off villains with her rapier, and Jylliana the Cleric is actually the only party member wearing plate armour (not to mention her [[CarryABigStick giant warhammer]]). There's also the NPC Captain Alana Bondar, who the party assists in reclaiming her ship and has a gun strong enough to disintegrate giant spiders in a single shot.
217	* ''Podcast/RedPandaAdventures'':
218	** Kit Baxter was initially recruited by the Red Panda as a chauffeur for his secret identity because she was a fearless, talented driver. When she inevitably caught on to the Red Panda's actual activities, her response was to demand to be let in. From this the superhero the Flying Squirrel was born. The Red Panda's training, coupled with her own action-oriented personality and a lifetime watching boxing at her father's gym has made her every bit TheDreaded to the criminals of Toronto as her boss. When Kit is benched and becomes MissionControl during the later stages of her pregnancy, police chief O'Malley remarks that he knows the Flying Squirrel has been less active because there have been fewer crooks being brought in with bodily injury. One of the books also describes Kit's battle cry as a mix of fury and joy.
219	** The Flying Squirrel's best friend is the Grey Fox, resident superhoerine of Vancouver. The ''reason'' they're best friends is that the Grey Fox is every bit the fight-loving brawler Kit herself is. "Girl's Night Out" has the two uncovering a Nazi sabotage ring in the Fox's city. The Grey Fox displays how she gets information by threatening and, if need be, beating up whoever she has to. The Squirrel, in turn, teaches the Grey Fox how to use threats of drops from rooftops to interrogate suspects. In "The Lost Sheep", the Flying Squirrel wants to find out what happened to a boy she had tried and failed to keep out of the army after he enlisted. Since she feels the Red Panda won't go along with her on this one, she calls the Grey Fox to help her out.
220	* All the ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'' girls, naturally, though to different degrees. Yuki is an introvert outside of battle, but when transformed is usually the first to attack with magic. Chell and Hannah are both athletes with sick abs, so that carries over as well. Sid has knives. Most Stars are also female and are very happy to fight the Sequinox girls.
221	[[/folder]]
222
223	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
224	* Special note should go out to the granddaddy of most Table Top Role Playing Games, ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. FairForItsDay in the seventies, it allowed females in all roles. There was a problematic limitation on female characters' Strength scores in the earliest editions, but as early as 1989's ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 2nd Edition, the rules made males and females entirely equal with females completely able to take on any Action Girl role without limits.
225	* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'': A LOT of them throughout the setting. Unsurprising given that mechanized warfare is king, although many women are quite formidable even without; a standout is female Clan Elementals, who due to the Clans' genetic engineering and breeding programs are just as much hulking masses of PoweredArmor-combat-optimized muscle as their male counterparts.
226	* In TabletopGame/{{Chess}}, the [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Queen]] is the most powerful of all pieces.
227	* ''TabletopGame/PsionicsTheNextStageInHumanEvolution'': The Scream in Tomorrow’s Starlight is a necrokinetic martial artist that mixes both skill sets. She charges head on into hand to hand combat with enemies, despite being seemingly outgunned and at a physical disadvantage, and is highly capable with telekinesis.
228	%%** The Pusher archetype is depicted firing an automatic weapon while using psychokinesis in the middle of a firefight.
229	* In ''TabletopGame/UnicornusKnights'', Princess Cornelia, Donia, Mirza and Fara are all capable combatants. On TheEmpire's side, Lyla is the best example, being a famous general, but Marianne and Rozie are no slouches either.
230	* The entire organization of the [[AmazonBrigade Sisters of Battle]] in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', as well as the Eldar Howling Banshees. Howling Banshees have only female models, but the entire Aspect is only described as majority female.
231	** More Specifically, the Tau Empire's military Commander Shadowsun and the Farsight Enclave's Commander Torchstar are two of the few non-Sisters of Battle female special characters.
232	** The Tau also feature plenty of female rank-and-file troops in the current (early 2016) books, and there are female Tau heads in the current (early 2016) model kits. Tau wear enough armor that a male and female Tau do not look any different when suited up, and no special mention is made of Tau females in their cadres. Likewise, no mention is made of Shadowsun's gender being unusual for a supreme commander personally leading combat. This suggests that ''half'' of the entire Tau Empire military are Action Girls.
233	%%* The Witch Elves of the Dark Elves in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Fantasy''.
234	%%** One of the old Dark Elf Beast Master mini's could also count. For that matter, some of the warrior spurs for dark elves have a female torso you can use.
235	%%** The High Elves have the Sisters of Avelorn.
236	* Poptropica: If you play as a girl, your character can defintely count as one. She takes on Zeus himself. Twice. And beats him both times. She also defeats a bunch of other villains, and is a superhero, a pirate, a cowgirl, etc.
237	[[/folder]]
238
239	[[folder:Theatre]]
240	* ''Theatre/{{Aida\|JohnRice}}''. While the musical isn't that action-oriented, the title character ''does'' display some skill wih a sword in an early scene, and plenty of gumption and backbone throughout.
241	* Odabella in ''Theatre/{{Attila}}'', who fights against the Huns along with an entire AmazonBrigade. She earns the approval of her enemies, and Attila himself is smitten with her when he sees her unflinching courage.
242	* Nala and the lionesses in ''Theatre/TheLionKing'', just like in the movie. However, not only are they more prominent in this version, they become {{Dance Battler}}s.
243	* Ariel in ''Theatre/TheLittleMermaid'', for the same reasons as in the movie, with the added bonus that in the stage version, [[spoiler:she defeats the villain, Ursula, instead of Eric]]. Not bad for a Franchise/DisneyPrincess!
244	* Ruth in ''Theatre/PiratesOfPenzance''. Near the end of the play, a hilarious fight scene breaks out between the pirates and the police, with Ruth participating in it right along with the rest of them.
245	* Agnes Evans is the protagonist of the play ''She Kills Monsters'', and plays through a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign as the audience is treated to a whole D&D aesthetic, in which Agnes does precisely what the title states. The role requires an actress to perform plenty of stage combat, with suitably awesome fight scenes.
246	** Her sister Tilly (Tillius in the game), and player characters Lilith and Kaliope (Lily and Kelly in "real life") also have some great fight scenes as characters in the D&D world. This is one of the relatively few plays to feature actresses in heavy doses of stage combat.
247	* Ken Kudwig's version of ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' includes Sabine, an original character who's D'Artagnan's sister and joins him on his quest. Her actress is required to learn enough stage combat for the end, where she fights and kills [[DarkActionGirl Milady de Winter]].
248	* Much of the work produced at Vampire Cowboy Theatre in NYC features Nerd-cum-Badass-cum-Troperiffice Comedies that heavily feature Badass Women. The above mentioned "She Kills Monsters", "Alice in Slasherland", "Fight Girl Battle World" and more all feature this particular Trope.
249	* A play called ''The Warrior's Husband'' has Antiope, Hippolyta, and the entire Amazon army. It takes place in Pontus, the land of Amazons, where the traditional gender roles are reversed. So this trope is naturally going to be present.
250	[[/folder]]
251
252	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
253	%% Mynx, from ''WebAnimation/{{Arenas}}''.
254	* Trixie Dixon, girl detective, of ''Podcast/BlackJackJustice''. She's every bit her partner Jack's equal as a detective and just as good in a firefight as he is, even with Jack's being a war veteran. She regularly keeps a barretta pistol in her purse and a small gun Jack jokingly calls the "mouse trap" strapped to her leg. At minimum.
255	* ''WebVideo/BrokenBonds'':
256	** Li'lu is a raging sprite wielding a greataxe.
257	** Bryan is a deadly monk.
258	* A staple of ''WebOriginal/TheColmatonUniverse'', as the majority of prominent superheroes in the series are heroines.
259	* Every female character in ''Podcast/CompelledDual'' qualifies. Special mention goes to Phirora Valcyne, the female lead and [[spoiler: the chosen one of an almost-forgotten goddess.]]
260	* Almost every female character from ''Roleplay/DarwinsSoldiers'', though Snow, Dr. Joe, Aimee, Sharon and Aisha deserve special mention.
261	* TT and Lala from ''WebVideo/CreamHeroes'' are this in cat form. They punch other cats when they're annoyed, they pounce and play with the toys Claire brings them and both of them absolutely love running on the cat wheel.
262	* Foxy from ''WebOriginal/DeadEnds'' is just as good at fending off the undead as the male characters. [[spoiler:She even decapitates a would-be rapist with a katana!]]
263	* Suprisingly for a game based on a LEGO theme with a cast consisting entirely of four men, ''Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG'' has had quite its share of action girls over the years of all kinds. To name a few specifically:
264	** Amanda Claw: A [[DarkActionGirl former bounty hunter]] who still put her old skills to good use.
265	%%** Andrea Jackson Orange: [[KillItWithFire Uses a flamethrower]]
266	%%** Aravis: A [[{{Telepathy}} telepath]] who is a member of the GAIA Squad.
267	** Cabin: A qualified helicopter pilot, practically second-in-command when it comes to taking action in the skies.
268	%%** Dromus: A [[ChainPain chain-wielding]] agent who SpeaksFluentAnimal.
269	%%** Holly Vinaya: A former cop, and a mighty ruthless one at that.
270	%%** Kara Wise: A pilot from [=UlTech=].
271	%%** Kat: A synthfig created by [=ShadowTech=].
272	** Maria: A [[spoiler: lesbian]] action girl with a firmly feminist attitude that came from growing up in a sexist society.
273	%%** Minerva Fabello: An avenger of her brother's supposed death.
274	** Sarah Bishop: Oh boy, where to begin. Bludgeoned a man in the head (plus Cabin- an innocent bystander), shot who knows how many mooks working for XERRD, and single-handedly fought off Spy Clops (a giant spider-like cyborg) in ''a burning room''... [[MamaBear all to protect]] [[ActionMom her daughter]].
275	** Zealot: Refused to leave the GAIA Squad's side in the battle for Mount Bricklake.
276	%%** Zelda: Wields two Katanas into action.
277	%%* Karen in ''Literature/TheDragonWarsSaga'' is an Action Girl, despite her clothes horse tendencies.
278	%%* [[LetsPlay/FreelanceAstronauts Dongs "REO" Speedwagon]].
279	* ''Literature/TheGodsAreBastards'' Fairly common, since one of the major deities of the setting is a goddess of both warfare and feminism. Her paladin is one of the main characters, and naturally also female.
280	* In ''Literature/GreekNinja'', Sasha, Eleonora, Electra and demigoddess Danae Elliades, although it's more of an informed attribute in her case.
281	* ''WebVideo/HeroHouse'' Gives us She-ra and the Wasp, among a host of others.
282	%%* ''ARG/ILoveBees'' (a ''VideoGame/Halo2'' ARG): Jan. Partly because she's a Spartan 1.1 born to two [[SuperSoldier Spartan-Is]].
283	* All of the female characters in ''Literature/{{Kaduav}}''. Eden and Rachel are both well trained mercenaries who are skilled swords women, Gunari has cut down men to save her daughter, and said daughter, Tasaria, is revealed to be ''ridiculously'' powerful.
284	* ''Literature/TheKindnessOfDevils'': Pick any major female character and they'll fall under this category. Even [[BadassNormal Erin Hasegawa]] has no problem facing off against vampires, werewolves, and friggin' ''Nyarlathotep''.
285	* In ''Roleplay/{{Moonrise}}'', Many of the she-cats are just as strong, if not stronger than, the toms. In fact, at one point in time, literally every single Clan leader was female- in fact, most of both Flame Clan's leaders have all been female, most notably Robinstar, Dovestar, Skullstar, and Rowanstar.
286	* ''LetsPlay/{{Mahu}}'' has several in his "Second Chance" narrative let's play, including Commonwealth admirals Shu Lin and Ibrahim. Each one is a veteran commander and victor in dozens of engagements both within and beyond the frontiers of their Republic.
287	* ''Literature/TheNeverMythos'' has Eliza Cortly, a powerful Seer who uses her powers to fight off malicious deities and monsters from an alternate dimension.
288	* Kit Baxter, a.k.a. the Flying Squirrel, from ''Podcast/RedPandaAdventures''. When she realized the man she drove around as chauffeur was Toronto's resident superhero, she demanded she be let in on it. Not long into this partnership, she's at least on par with the Red Panda in nearly any crime fighting situation and is just as, if not more, prone to saving the Panda from distress as the reverse.
289	%% Mariza Audrea of ''Literature/RegistryOfTime''.
290	* ''WebVideo/ResidentEvilAbridged'': Jill is the primary example, given she was able to navigate much of [[MalevolentArchitecture the Spencer Mansion]] on her own, with little assistance from her partner, Barry Burton. In the final scene, she and Rebecca cover the team's escape by holding off a wave of zombies.
291	* ''Literature/ScrambledEgg'' has Sonya and Tanya, two vigilante [[MagicKnight Magic Knights]] who both know how to attack in an offensive and defensive manner.
292	* Taz in ''Theatre/{{Starship}}''. She even declares herself leader by ripping off Up's mustache and putting it on herself.
293	* A lot of ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' characters, examples including Maxie Dasai, Trish [=McCarroll=], Shameeca Mitchell, Bridget Connolly and Hayley Kelly.
294	%%* Roleplay/TheTandyArena has too many to count.
295	* Website/ChannelAwesome:
296	** WebVideo/MarzGurl in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}''. Complete with [[RunningGag punching her troops into shape.]]
297	** And continued in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'', while acting as [[Anime/PrincessMononoke San]]. She can swing a mean spear.
298	%%** Speaking of which, damn WebVideo/ObscurusLupa can work a gun.
299	** Rebecca Stone in ''WebVideo/DemoReel''. Quirky, NervesOfSteel, and would have been more than happy to beat a guy twice her size to death.
300	* ''Roleplay/ThisIsWar'' has several, including Rebecca "Tex" Church who works as the less-than legal debt collector for a less-than legal gang.
301	* In the Spanish ''{{WebVideo/DestripandoLaHistoria}}'', Mulan, Rapunzel and Snow White are action girls, since they are that way in their original tales.
302	* Tasha of ''{{Literature/Touch 2017}}'' is a self-confident girl with a Batman complex and super strength, who uses her powers to mug drug dealers, break people's hands, and punch things.
303	%%* Most girls in ''Literature/TrintonChronicles'' fit this trope.
304	* Since the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' is a {{superhero}} world, it's not surprising that every female main character is this. Except Summoner, who's a WhiteMage and SquishyWizard right now. Plus several auxiliary characters like the headmistress (who is Lady Astarte in her spare time) and a bunch of the female teachers.
305	[[/folder]]
306
307	[[folder:Web Animation]]
308	* If Episode 20 of ''WebAnimation/CowOfTheWild'' is any indication, [[spoiler: Mink]] was one. So is Sharp, the female alpha of the Pack of Falling Stars.
309	* Octavia in ''WebAnimation/{{Once Upon A Time In Canterlot}}'', a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan video. "Eat grass, kick ass" indeed.
310	%%* Pinkie Pie in ''WebAnimation/PinkiePiesExcitingAdventure''.
311	* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
312	** Tex, more than capable of easily handling entire outposts on her own. The only character noted to be tougher than her in combat was the superhuman Meta, and only because he had a bunch of abilities he stole from other people. Without them, he had to gang up on her 2 against 1 to beat her.
313	** ''Any'' female Freelancer qualifies as this, to one degree or another. Say what you want about [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder South,]] but Season 9 shows she's quite the badass. And Carolina wiped the floor with an even ''larger'' number of troops, single-handedly. CT initially seems to be an exception to this, but as is discovered in Season 10, she's actually able to hold her own fairly well against both Tex ''and'' Carolina [[spoiler:until she was killed, of course]].
314	[[/folder]]
315
316	[[folder:Web Original]]
317	%% Mynx, from ''WebAnimation/{{Arenas}}''.
318	* Trixie Dixon, girl detective, of ''Podcast/BlackJackJustice''. She's every bit her partner Jack's equal as a detective and just as good in a firefight as he is, even with Jack's being a war veteran. She regularly keeps a barretta pistol in her purse and a small gun Jack jokingly calls the "mouse trap" strapped to her leg. At minimum.
319	* ''WebVideo/BrokenBonds'':
320	** Li'lu is a raging sprite wielding a greataxe.
321	** Bryan is a deadly monk.
322	* A staple of ''WebOriginal/TheColmatonUniverse'', as the majority of prominent superheroes in the series are heroines.
323	* Every female character in ''Podcast/CompelledDual'' qualifies. Special mention goes to Phirora Valcyne, the female lead and [[spoiler: the chosen one of an almost-forgotten goddess.]]
324	* Almost every female character from ''Roleplay/DarwinsSoldiers'', though Snow, Dr. Joe, Aimee, Sharon and Aisha deserve special mention.
325	* TT and Lala from ''WebVideo/CreamHeroes'' are this in cat form. They punch other cats when they're annoyed, they pounce and play with the toys Claire brings them and both of them absolutely love running on the cat wheel.
326	* Foxy from ''WebOriginal/DeadEnds'' is just as good at fending off the undead as the male characters. [[spoiler:She even decapitates a would-be rapist with a katana!]]
327	* Siria Ashen from the ItWebOriginal/DinaMarino youtube channel will reason mostly throught her fists.
328	* Suprisingly for a game based on a LEGO theme with a cast consisting entirely of four men, ''Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG'' has had quite its share of action girls over the years of all kinds. To name a few specifically:
329	** Amanda Claw: A [[DarkActionGirl former bounty hunter]] who still put her old skills to good use.
330	%%** Andrea Jackson Orange: [[KillItWithFire Uses a flamethrower]]
331	%%** Aravis: A [[{{Telepathy}} telepath]] who is a member of the GAIA Squad.
332	** Cabin: A qualified helicopter pilot, practically second-in-command when it comes to taking action in the skies.
333	%%** Dromus: A [[ChainPain chain-wielding]] agent who SpeaksFluentAnimal.
334	%%** Holly Vinaya: A former cop, and a mighty ruthless one at that.
335	%%** Kara Wise: A pilot from [=UlTech=].
336	%%** Kat: A synthfig created by [=ShadowTech=].
337	** Maria: A [[spoiler: lesbian]] action girl with a firmly feminist attitude that came from growing up in a sexist society.
338	%%** Minerva Fabello: An avenger of her brother's supposed death.
339	** Sarah Bishop: Oh boy, where to begin. Bludgeoned a man in the head (plus Cabin- an innocent bystander), shot who knows how many mooks working for XERRD, and single-handedly fought off Spy Clops (a giant spider-like cyborg) in ''a burning room''... [[MamaBear all to protect]] [[ActionMom her daughter]].
340	** Zealot: Refused to leave the GAIA Squad's side in the battle for Mount Bricklake.
341	%%** Zelda: Wields two Katanas into action.
342	%%* Karen in ''Literature/TheDragonWarsSaga'' is an Action Girl, despite her clothes horse tendencies.
343	%%* [[LetsPlay/FreelanceAstronauts Dongs "REO" Speedwagon]].
344	* ''Literature/TheGodsAreBastards'' Fairly common, since one of the major deities of the setting is a goddess of both warfare and feminism. Her paladin is one of the main characters, and naturally also female.
345	* In ''Literature/GreekNinja'', Sasha, Eleonora, Electra and demigoddess Danae Elliades, although it's more of an informed attribute in her case.
346	* ''WebVideo/HeroHouse'' Gives us She-ra and the Wasp, among a host of others.
347	%%* ''ARG/ILoveBees'' (a ''VideoGame/Halo2'' ARG): Jan. Partly because she's a Spartan 1.1 born to two [[SuperSoldier Spartan-Is]].
348	* All of the female characters in ''Literature/{{Kaduav}}''. Eden and Rachel are both well trained mercenaries who are skilled swords women, Gunari has cut down men to save her daughter, and said daughter, Tasaria, is revealed to be ''ridiculously'' powerful.
349	* ''Literature/TheKindnessOfDevils'': Pick any major female character and they'll fall under this category. Even [[BadassNormal Erin Hasegawa]] has no problem facing off against vampires, werewolves, and friggin' ''Nyarlathotep''.
350	* In ''Roleplay/{{Moonrise}}'', Many of the she-cats are just as strong, if not stronger than, the toms. In fact, at one point in time, literally every single Clan leader was female- in fact, most of both Flame Clan's leaders have all been female, most notably Robinstar, Dovestar, Skullstar, and Rowanstar.
351	* ''LetsPlay/{{Mahu}}'' has several in his "Second Chance" narrative let's play, including Commonwealth admirals Shu Lin and Ibrahim. Each one is a veteran commander and victor in dozens of engagements both within and beyond the frontiers of their Republic.
352	* ''Literature/TheNeverMythos'' has Eliza Cortly, a powerful Seer who uses her powers to fight off malicious deities and monsters from an alternate dimension.
353	* Kit Baxter, a.k.a. the Flying Squirrel, from ''Podcast/RedPandaAdventures''. When she realized the man she drove around as chauffeur was Toronto's resident superhero, she demanded she be let in on it. Not long into this partnership, she's at least on par with the Red Panda in nearly any crime fighting situation and is just as, if not more, prone to saving the Panda from distress as the reverse.
354	%% Mariza Audrea of ''Literature/RegistryOfTime''.
355	* ''WebVideo/ResidentEvilAbridged'': Jill is the primary example, given she was able to navigate much of [[MalevolentArchitecture the Spencer Mansion]] on her own, with little assistance from her partner, Barry Burton. In the final scene, she and Rebecca cover the team's escape by holding off a wave of zombies.
356	* ''Literature/ScrambledEgg'' has Sonya and Tanya, two vigilante [[MagicKnight Magic Knights]] who both know how to attack in an offensive and defensive manner.
357	* Taz in ''Theatre/{{Starship}}''. She even declares herself leader by ripping off Up's mustache and putting it on herself.
358	* A lot of ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' characters, examples including Maxie Dasai, Trish [=McCarroll=], Shameeca Mitchell, Bridget Connolly and Hayley Kelly.
359	%%* Roleplay/TheTandyArena has too many to count.
360	* Website/ChannelAwesome:
361	** WebVideo/MarzGurl in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}''. Complete with [[RunningGag punching her troops into shape.]]
362	** And continued in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'', while acting as [[Anime/PrincessMononoke San]]. She can swing a mean spear.
363	%%** Speaking of which, damn WebVideo/ObscurusLupa can work a gun.
364	** Rebecca Stone in ''WebVideo/DemoReel''. Quirky, NervesOfSteel, and would have been more than happy to beat a guy twice her size to death.
365	* ''Roleplay/ThisIsWar'' has several, including Rebecca "Tex" Church who works as the less-than legal debt collector for a less-than legal gang.
366	* In the Spanish ''{{WebVideo/DestripandoLaHistoria}}'', Mulan, Rapunzel and Snow White are action girls, since they are that way in their original tales.
367	* Tasha of ''{{Literature/Touch 2017}}'' is a self-confident girl with a Batman complex and super strength, who uses her powers to mug drug dealers, break people's hands, and punch things.
368	%%* Most girls in ''Literature/TrintonChronicles'' fit this trope.
369	* Since the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' is a {{superhero}} world, it's not surprising that every female main character is this. Except Summoner, who's a WhiteMage and SquishyWizard right now. Plus several auxiliary characters like the headmistress (who is Lady Astarte in her spare time) and a bunch of the female teachers.
370	[[/folder]]

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