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14->''"Sisters of Battle, reporting!"''
15-->-- '''Battle Sisters Squad''', ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: VideoGame/DawnOfWar: Soulstorm''
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17The Amazon Brigade is an elite fighting unit, often the best of the best or damn near close to it, that is composed entirely of women. Naturally, they should never be underestimated, for [[ActionGirl they can and will kick your ass]] with ease.
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19They are TheSquad, with about four liters of estrogen added, and little to no loss in testosterone. They are the LovelyAngels after a recruitment drive. In any case, they are a BadassArmy.
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21This trope is common with HumongousMecha anime, and ScienceFiction in general, especially if they use fightercraft in their universe. Occasionally it shows up in Fantasy works as well, usually as the [[BodyguardBabes personal guard of a wealthy and powerful ruler]].
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23In a BishoujoSeries, they are probably the main characters, their existence in this case due to the ImprobablyFemaleCast policy. They may include TheOneGuy for good measure. Expect some degree of HoYay, especially if they are kept isolated from men. This being about fiction, they're usually [[GenericCuteness at least moderately attractive]].
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25Not to be confused with the EstrogenBrigade.
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27Contrast TheSmurfettePrinciple. If the entire world is an Amazon Brigade instead of a single squad, then you have a WorldOfActionGirls. Similar to BattleHarem (an Amazon brigade in love with the same guy).
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29!!Example subpages:
30[[index]]
31* AmazonBrigade/AnimeAndManga
32* AmazonBrigade/ComicBooks
33* AmazonBrigade/{{Film}}
34* AmazonBrigade/{{Literature}}
35* AmazonBrigade/TabletopGames
36* AmazonBrigade/VideoGames
37* AmazonBrigade/RealLife
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40!!Other examples:
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44[[folder:Art]]
45* "The Battle of the Amazons", commonly attributed to Reubens, depicts a battle between Greeks and Amazons.
46* "Amazonomachy" was a typical subject in Greek and Roman art.
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49[[folder:Comic Strips]]
50* Played for laughs in one ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' arc where Opus infiltrates Mary Kay Cosmetics and comes face-to-face with the Mary Kay Commandos, salesladies in pink dresses ''and'' combat gear. "Even their Uzis are pink!" gasps Opus. ([[OneSceneWonder They were such a hoot]], they were featured on the cover of a paperback collection.)
51* The original ''Franchise/FlashGordon'' strip's villain Emperor Ming's army has segregated female combat units, though relatively little is seen of them (presumably because a hero like Flash WouldntHitAGirl).
52* Sala and her Sky Band, an all female band of SkyPirates, from ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom''.
53* A ''Tarzan'' parody from Wally Wood's ''[[ComicStrip/SallyForthWood Sally Forth]]'' features a tribe of naked, pterodactyl-riding warrior women.
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56[[folder:Fan Works]]
57* The Mirage squadron in ''Fanfic/AceCombatEquestriaChronicles''.
58* The Replica Elite from ''FanFic/AeonNatumEngel'', although their femininity is only skin-deep; they act no different from ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon FEAR]]'''s male Replica Elite.
59* In Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Discworld'' fandom:
60** A whole body of work has been presented about the Last Detail, the all-female combat unit introduced in ''Monstrous Regiment''. This largely results in femslash about Polly Perks and the vampire female Maledicta, but all the fictions emphasise what a coherent, hard, fighting unit they are.
61** The new generation of female Assassins are also badass, either taken individually or working as teams. Lady T'Malia, Alice Band, Madame Deux-Epées, Remora Selachii, miss Smith-Rhodes and Jocasta Wiggs are the named Assassins in Pratchett's canon. Other fanfic writers have expanded on these characters and added new ones, such as Ruth N'Kweze, Joan Sanderson-Reeves and Davinia Bellamy. (For an example, see ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5055274/1/The-Graduation-Class The Graduation Class]]'' by Creator/AAPessimal.)
62** [[DarkestAfrica Howondalandian]] Assassin Ruth N'Kweze is ordered Home, against her will, to take up her Royal duties as Paramount Crown Princess. Ruth discovers she is practically obliged to raise her own impi of fighting soldiers for the Zulu Empire. Checking the small print and discovering nobody has ever specified the gender of her troops, nor placed an upper limit on how many people make an impi, she starts recruiting women - for the first time ever in the Zulu Empire. The Lioness Impi - which also incorporates cavalry and later on artillery - wins a war on its first blooding in combat. After a battle with a powerful werecreature sent to kill her, Ruth rewards her best fighters with silver-plated spears and nominates them as her élite bodyguard.
63** And the Ankh-Morpork City Watch Air Police, from its humble beginnings involving two air minded witches joining a couple of Gnomes and Feegle, develops into what amounts to a full Air Wing of forty fliers, mainly on broomsticks and [[{{Pegasus}} Pegasi]], but with a motley of other air-capable {{Magitek}}. The only non-female flyers are a couple of Klatchians who tend the magic carpets, and those Feegle - subordinate to the Witches - who pilot the birds of prey. The Bursar of Unseen University is also a honorary member. Otherwise, the best part of forty flying witches are an Amazon Brigade in service of the City, the nearest thing Ankh-Morpork has to an Air Force. As the commander and her deputy are both Discworld "Russians", the analogy to the Night Witches of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII is deliberate. At the latest point in the unfolding tale, the Air Witches are poised to form a new squadron of heavier and more powerful winged creatures than Pegasi - winged flying elephants. One witch muses that with one of those castle things up on the back like war elephants in the old days, we've got [[HurricaneOfPuns Flying Fortresses]].
64* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': From [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/dungeon-keeper-ami-sailor-moon-dungeon-keeper-story-only-thread.30066/post-6355710 "Fairy Attack"]]: The fairy sisters, who are therefore all female, introduce themselves as "the most elite full-fairy [...] aerial recon force [...] of the Shining Concord Empire!"
65* The ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' Fanfic ''FanFic/TheFallOfTheFireEmpire'' features The Chosen, who are the Kyoshi Warriors converted for Azula's purposes.
66* The Wei Family in ''Fanfic/AGiftOfLove''.
67* ''Fanfic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'': The Daughters of Manehatan; the Western Rangers may qualify as well, since we haven't seen any colts serving that Legion.
68** ''Fanfic/PercyJacksonAnAgeGoneBy: The hunters being teenage girls who fight monsters for a living.
69* ''Fanfic/TheGreatAlicornHunt'': Rarity's new branch of the Royal Guard, the Radiant Guard, is composed entirely of mares who look like models, but can throw weapons with pinpoint accuracy and toss a grown stallion across a room.
70* In the ''Franchise/StarWars / Literature/HarryPotter'' crossover ''[[FanFic/HarryTano Harry Tano]]'', a high-tech all-female paintball team called the [[ThemeNaming Themyscerans]] make an appearance and later participate in the final battle.
71* The Kamen Rider Club Girls in ''FanFic/HorseshoesAndHandGrenades''.
72* Since ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' is based in the ''Warhammer 40,000'' universe, the Adeptas Sororitas show up.
73-->'''The Emperor''': [[AC: Right, right. I think I remember that too. Some girl came in here, and [[LongingLook stared at me with depraved, flustered eyes]]. If I had the proper bodily components left, I would have probably gotten [[StrangelyArousing a fairly insecure boner]].]]\
74'''Kitten''': That's the Adeptas Sororitas for ya!
75* ''Fanfic/AJadeDragon'': The Jade Order are a group of specially trained women warriors who act as bodyguards to the female members of Yi-Ti's royal family. [[spoiler: Arya joins their ranks after arriving in Yi-Ti.]]
76* The ProfessionalWrestling series ''Fanfic/TheJWL'' included The Revolution, made up of Wrestling/{{Ivory}}, Wrestling/MollyHolly and 11 alumnae of Wrestling/WOWWomenOfWrestling.
77* The Keepers in ''Fanfic/KeepersOfTheElements''.
78* ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTimeDragonRand100'' The Gerudo, like the counterparts in the game, are a predominantly female race that rely on mixing with other societies to find males. It is revealed that in the distant past a curse was afflicted on them by the Sheikah that causes male children to often die at childbirth. Inevitably, it is explained that this would result in the Gerudo race dying out in the future, unless the curse could be broken.
79* Gale Allen and Her Girl Squadron, followed by the Star Fems and their crew, in ''Fanfic/LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemenTempestRewrite''.
80* ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles'' has Anko's Angels, an all-female squad leaded and trained by the Snake Lady herself.
81* In keeping with the base canon, ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' + ''VisualNovel/MuvLuvAlternative'' crossover fic ''FanFic/ProjectIgnition'', all of the Lynx who are actually affiliated (Not Independents, Not Torus, and not Aldra) with the Interior Union are female. A special note goes out to Kagami, Lunaterisa, and Aerilynn, who are generally known as "[[TheNotableNumeral The Three Valkyries]]", who are an elite squad piloting stolen SuperPrototype.
82* The ProfessionalWrestling story, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10340937/The-Return-Remixed The Return - Remixed]]'', centers around WWE being invaded by DEAR, a group made up of former Divas led by Wrestling/TrishStratus and Wrestling/{{Lita}}. The Diva roster eventually unites and combats them by forming their own group, the Diva Army.
83* ''Fanfic/SecretDreamer'' has the newly reformed pegasus knights, led by Cynthia and Severa.
84* ''Fanfic/TheSecretReturnOfAlexMack'' sees Alex assemble a team that's primarily female. Understandable, since the starting point of the story was that Alex had been part of [[http://tthf.me/Glvw The League of Extraordinary Women]], and now wants to track down the local analogues of the AlternateUniverse women she met. But even the new team members who weren't part of the league are largely female.
85* ''Fanfic/ShadowsAwakening'': The Shadowkhan tribe that Jade learns to create is composed entirely of kunoichi (female ninja).
86* Clan Falzen in ''FanFic/TheTaintedGrimoire''.
87* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' fanfic series ''Fanfic/UnbreakableRedSilkenThread'' Upon meeting Jasmine's family, Heather's first instinct is that she's stumbled into a home of giants. The fact that Jasmine's youngest sister is the same height as her, and hasn't even hit puberty yet, only reinforced this notion.
88* ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'':
89** The Kamikaze Pirates, our protagonists, are almost literally 99% female. Of the eleven crew members (not counting TheImp and LivingMacguffin, Umok), there's a grand total of three guys, and they consist of [[SexShifter two master martial artists who turn into girls when splashed with cold water]] and a WholesomeCrossdresser swordsman [[DudeLooksLikeALady so girly-looking that he won a pirate beauty contest]]. The female crewmembers consist of two practitioners of SupernaturalMartialArts, a LittleBitBeastly AnimeChineseGirl who ''also'' practices SupernaturalMartialArts, a TechnicallyLivingVampire, a [[GiantWoman 3-meter tall]] [[SharkMan shark-girl]], a [[SmellySkunk skunk-girl]] with SuperStrength, a FemBot, and a [[SnakePeople shapeshifting naga]] with SuperSpit.
90** The Island of Femille in the Paradise portion of the Grand Line is an "Amazon Island", which means it's a LadyLand with a proud martial tradition where ''only'' women are allowed to practice martial arts. Men are instead expected to be quiet, demure, polite, and generally extremely effeminate homemakers.
91* ''Fanfic/{{Webwork}}'': [[FallenHero Jade]] eventually gains a QuirkyMinibossSquad in the form of a trio of tough biker chicks whom she [[ForcedTransformation forcibly transforms]] into [[SpiderPeople Jorogumo]]/Oni hybrids like herself. And then there's her tribe of spider-ninja creatures that she uses as {{Mooks}} and who are all female as well.
92* Discussed and inverted in the MLP:FIM adult fic ''Fanfic/{{Xenophilia}}''. Between the gender disproportion of Equestria and the matriarchal system resulting from the two immortal princesses, MenAreTheExpendableGender is inverted, along with many social norms. That means the buff pegasi and unicorns guarding Celestia are the local equivalent of BodyguardBabes.
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95[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
96* In ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'', [[BigBad Rumpelstiltskin's]] entire standing army is made up of ''[[Film/TheWizardOfOz Wizard of Oz]]''-style [[WickedWitch Wicked Witches]]. Apparently, nobody thought to utilize their WeaksauceWeakness and just spray them with a fire hose.
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99[[folder:LARP]]
100* The Sisterhood of Kira Earta, an order of warrior priestesses in ''Swordcraft''.
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103[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
104* ''Series/BirdsOfPrey2002'': The titular group, a trio of heroines in New Gotham who work as crimefighters together. Helena is a very skilled fighter, with Dinah learning from her. Barbara is still capable as well, in spite of her disability.
105* The Slayers after season 7 of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Every slayer is female and all of them are walking anti-vampire weapons. After the events of season eight Kennedy didn't just sit on her hands. She creates Deepscan, giving Slayers with no further purpose a job in bodyguard work.
106* The three main members of ''Series/CharliesAngels'', in either the TV series or the movies.
107* The Valkyries in season 6 of ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''.
108* Sarah's old team, the C.A.T squad, from ''Series/{{Chuck}}''.
109* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Oberyn's three eldest daughters, the Sand Snakes, are all warriors.
110* ''Series/{{Hanna}}'': The Utrax girls are designed to be this, a covert unit of CIA assassins. It was felt that being female and young, they would be underestimated by others and let them get close with targets that don't believe they're dangerous until it's too late.
111* ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'': The series has three groups of this type.
112** The Confessors are an all-female order with the power to brainwash people by touch so they'll fall helplessly in love with them. Often they use this power on enemies in battle, making them come to their side, but are also adept with daggers.
113** The Mord Sith are the BodyguardBabes of the D'haran Empire's ruler Lord Rahl and his {{torture technician}}s. With their agiels, magical weapons that inflict pain, they're formidable opponents, and also use bows ably. They can also [[AttackReflector rebound spells back]] on sorceresses or wizards, making them feared among even the most powerful magic users.
114** The Sisters of the Light (plus the Dark faction among them) are powerful sorceresses who train young magic users. Many are very skilled at fighting with spells and bladed magical weapons called dacras which can kill instantly if they will it.
115* ''Series/LovecraftCountry'': In "I Am" Hippolyta joins a group of black women warriors (based on the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahomey_Amazons Mino]]) fighting Confederate analogues on another world.
116* ''Series/MortalKombatConquest'': Vorpax's people the Kreeyans who are all female.
117* ''Series/MotherlandFortSalem'': The US Army has as its core witch soldiers (largely female, though some male ones exist too), making up their elite forces.
118* ''Series/TheNewAdventuresOfRobinHood'': In "The Legend of the Amazons", Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine has traveled with some of her Amazon warriors from Jerusalem where they found a fabled map.
119* ''Series/ThePower2023'': Women in Carpathia, once they gain the skein, start forming into a rebel army while revolting against the repressive patriarchy that exploited them for so long. [[spoiler:They defeat the Carpathian Army in a pitched battle after Tatiana tips them off so they can surprise the soldiers, since their skeins combined with guns were proven to be very effective.]]
120* A villainous example were Saladin's assassins in ''Series/RobinHood'', a squad of women who were sent to kill Prince Malik.
121* ''Series/SirArthurConanDoylesTheLostWorld'': The episode "Amazons" had a society of female warriors, whom Veronica has a prior history with. They are actually quite pleasant to the men [[spoiler: at first, then they are held captive.]]
122* One episode of ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' featured an Amazon Brigade providing most of the muscle. Colonel Sheppard and Dr. Beckett were thoroughly delighted to be working with them.
123* ''Series/StargateSG1'' has the Hak'tyl, a Jaffa tribe hiding from the Goa'uld Moloch.
124%%Is this an example? Were they fighters? Uncomment if you know and add the context.
125* The ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E17Bound Bound]]" was the first to reveal that the [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Orion women]], far from being the slaves portrayed in the other series, actually control their civilization with a male-attracting pheromone that gives other women headaches. The only one unaffected by them is [[spoiler:Trip]].
126* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': The Qowat Milat is a very ancient order of Romulan warrior nuns who are so exceptionally skilled in combat that even the [[SecretPolice Tal]] [[StateSec Shiar]] fears them.
127* ''Series/Supergirl2015'' gives us a temporary one in "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S3E11FortRozz Fort Rozz]]", where Supergirl and Saturn Girl are forced to work alongside Livewire and Psi in order to go to Fort Rozz and find out more about Reign. The only reason no male characters go is because the station is circling a star, whose radiation is lethal to anyone with a Y chromosome (apparently, all males in the universe have the chromosome).
128* The Amazon cult in season 7 of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.
129* ''Franchise/SuperSentai''
130** The Zero Girls of ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'' are a villainous example, an EliteFour of female assassins who act as spies and enforcers for Machine Empire Black Magma.
131** The Flowery Kunoichi Team of ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' are another villainous example, a five woman ninja team created to [[ThePsychoRangers mirror]] the Kakurangers.
132* ''Series/SWAT2017'': In "[[Recap/SWATS02E06NeverAgain Never Again]]" the robbers turn out to all be women. Due to their skill, Deacon and Hondo openly express admiration for them. They also had been in an all-female Israeli military unit together, which is how they'd acquired their skills.
133* ''Series/TroyFallOfACity'': The Amazons, naturally, are a group of warrior women that fight on the Trojans' side.
134* ''Series/TheWheelOfTime2021'':
135** The Aes Sedai aren't all fighters, and they refrain from using magic as a weapon against human beings ([[AlwaysChaoticEvil Shadowspawn]] are fair game) unless there are no other options, though nonetheless they're quite capable of doing so. In the time of the show, they only have female members, since the male half of the One Power is now tainted and these days men who channel inevitably go violently mad. One of the seven color-coded groups called Ajahs that make up the Aes Sedai's organization, the Green Ajah, is devoted to combatting Shadowspawn, however, fitting this trope the most. The Red Ajah also fit to an extent since they're devoted to preventing misuse of the One Power, which most often means hunting down and [[DePower gentling]] male channelers by force.
136** The Shienaran woman all take arms like their men in "The Eye of the World" to defend Fal Dara from a Trolloc army.
137** At the end of Season 1, we see the Seanchan Empire's fleet coming to the shore, after the ''damane'' (enslaved channelers) and ''sul'dam'' (their taskmasters). Under their command, the ''damane'' channel to create a tidal wave. Later they are shown creating fire and blows of air. Both ''damane'' and ''sul'dam'' are entirely women, with the ''damane'' being channeling slave soldiers for the Seanchan who use the One Power against their enemies in battle under control of the ''sul'dam''.
138** The warrior societies of the nomadic, desert-dwelling Aiel people include the all-female Maidens of the Spear, who are shown to be individually capable of overpowering several grown men armed with swords.
139* ''Series/WonderWoman1975'': The Amazons of Paradise Island are tested only once in the series, but they prove up to the task [[spoiler:of beating up the Nazis who invade Paradise Island and ejecting them from their homeland]].
140* The tribe of ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin literal]]'' Amazons in ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess''.
141* ''Series/YTheLastMan2021'': Due to the {{gendercide}}, all armed groups are now made up entirely of women. Notably, the Daughters of the Amazons take specific inspiration from the Amazon legend.
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144[[folder:Manhwa]]
145* ''Manhwa/AreaD'': The West District of Area D is led by the LadyOfWar Asura, in an attempt to make a safer place for women, she recruited mostly if not only women for the West District, resulting in turning it into an army of superpowered girls.
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148[[folder:Music]]
149* Music/EmilieAutumn's riot grrl-esque band The Bloody Crumpets (or at least their stage personas). Even [[LadyOfWar Aprella]]. Hell, their catch phrase is "Fight like a girl!" As a phrase of empowerment, that is.
150* Klymaxx is also this.
151* The ''Music/{{Sabaton}}'' song "Night Witches" is about the all-female 588th Night Bomber Regiment of the Soviet Air Force (see RealLife below).
152* ''Music/MomoiroCloverZ'' have been depicted as this in a couple of their music videos - as ''onna bugeisha'' (feudal japanese warrior women) in "Yumeno Ukiyoni Saitemina" and as ''Franchise/DragonBall'' characters in [[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF "Pledge of Z"]].
153* Music/{{Lovebites}} appeared as ''onna bugeisha'' in the music video for "When Destinies Align".
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156[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
157* Although the Valkyries of Myth/NorseMythology were primarily focused on collecting the dead, there were plenty of attestations of the female bands fearlessly engaging in battle.
158* The TropeNamers and possibly the UrExample would be the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons Amazons]] of Myth/ClassicalMythology.
159** [[GenderFlip Gender-flipped]] by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargareans Gargareans]], an all-male society of warriors that existed to produce offspring for the Amazons.
160** During the Archaic period, Amazons were linked with Scythian warrior women (well attested in kurgans, their skeletons adorned with armour and even bearing axe scars). In Myth/ScythianMythology the gods are led by a queen, Tabiti, the other two most understood and likely the most promenient deities being Argimpasa (which lead the androgynous priests known as Enarei) and the monstrous Api, which has several depictions in kurgans.
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164* ''Pinball/{{Hercules}}'' has a squad of six in the upper-right corner of the playfield, complete with spears, {{Fur Bikini}}s, {{Sideboob}}s, and [[NippleAndDimed Amazonian pasties]].
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168* ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'' has Team Sweet-Flips, consisting of the orc Killian, dragonborn Carey Fangbattle and [[spoiler: the spirit-inhabiting-a-robot-body NO-3113 (Noelle)]].
169* ''Podcast/TheTritoneGambit'': The main characters are an all-female cell of Inquisitorial Acolytes.
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172[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
173* Tadao Yasuda's Wrestling/{{All Japan|ProWrestling}} Makai Club had, in addition to about 10 male members, about five females from M's Style and that other Wrestling/{{All Japan|WomensProWrestling}} known as Makai Majo Gundan.
174* [[Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada Generalissimo Takada]]'s Monster Army in Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE had the Amazoness Army division led by Yinling The Errotic Terrorist.
175* Wrestling/{{Konnan}}'s La Legion Extranjera in Wrestling/{{AAA}} had Las Gringas Locas, as did La Sociedad.
176* Chest Flexor's Flexor Industries had The Midwest Militia.
177* Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam serves as the parent company to Tokyo Joshi Pro (whose seventh event was titled ''Raising an Army'') and Union Pro Wrestling. Union however was originally an independent company that was not all female and was only briefly treated as such by DDT.
178* Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople only had [[Wrestling/BillyGunn one male member]] throughout its run, and is otherwise remembered prominently as a PowerStable consisting of three of the most successful Knockouts in [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] history [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Lacey Von Erich]].
179* Wrestling/DamageCTRL is Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s first all-female stable. They mainly had {{Power Trio}}s beforehand including Damage CTRL itself [[ThreePlusTwo until the former Kabuki Warriors joined their ranks]].
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183* The Angel Squadron from ''Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons''.
184* ''Series/PiliFantasyWarOfDragons'': All of the Eternal Empress' forces are women, including her top adviser and closet TheStarscream the Purple Queen.
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187[[folder:Roleplay]]
188* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', the army of the Eastern Horde consists of demonesses who specialize in fast and agile combat as well as deceiving and seducing males from their own race and other races to make them their willing slaves.
189* ''Roleplay/OpenBlue'':
190** The [[KillerRabbit Killer Bunny]] Assassination Squad from v2. If you're wondering why they're called that, it's because they work for TheCaligula.
191** v2's Pirate Lady Alexandra Dinse leads an all-female crew.
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194[[folder:Sports]]
195* Almost all sports teams composed entirely of women can be considered this, especially in male-oriented sports like auto racing and ProfessionalWrestling.
196* The Finnish national men's ice hockey team is known as The Lions. The women's team is known as The Lionesses.
197* Recently, a group of Moroccan women put together their own tbourida (synchronized cavalry charge) team.
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201* ''Theatre/{{Amaluna}}'' has both Amazons and Valkyries.
202* The eponymous Valkyries from ''Theatre/DieWalkuere''.
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205[[folder:Visual Novels]]
206* ''VisualNovel/War13thDay'' has the clan of the Valkyrie. They possesses the strength of 10 men and treat every male as a LustObject. So, when one of their members starts getting serious with a boy, they aren't pleased.
207* In ''VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}}'', all the pilots in the player’s {{Mecha}} squadron are female, and they routinely defeat enemy forces which vastly outnumber them. Granted, they each use [[AceCustom unique, specialized mecha]] suited to their individual fighting styles as opposed to the enemy forces' standard, mass-produced mecha, but all of them are still considered to be [[AcePilot highly proficient in their respectives areas of expertise]]. They’re so skilled, in fact, people start calling them the Sunrider Valkyries in the good endings of ''Sunrider Liberation Day''’s [RE]turn scenario.
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211* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Team RWBY is comprised of four females who are all highly talented fighters. In Volume 7, General Ironwood fast-tracks them to graduated, licenced Huntresses, even though they've only had a single year of formal training at the elite Beacon Academy because the year they've spent outside the Academy has successfully pitted them against challenges and threats most people never face and don't even know exist. [[spoiler:They are then mentored throughout the volume by Atlas's most elite team, the best-of-the-best Ace-Ops. When the heroes come to blows at the end of the volume, Ace-Ops assumes they'll win because they're the best Huntsmen in Atlas. However, Team RWBY is unexpectedly able to defeat them; while Volume 8 clarifies the Ace-Ops only lost because they refuse to admit their feelings for each other, thereby sabotaging their own ability to work as a team, Team RWBY's achievement is still regarded as unprecedented enough to cement their place as an elite team of female warriors.]]
212** There's also the Happy Huntresses, a GenderFlip {{Expy}} of Robin Hood and the Merry Men. They were all top students in Atlas Academy, but decided to abandon the military in favor of helping Mantle.
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216* The eponymous ''Webcomic/AgentsOfTheRealm'' are a group of five [[TheChosenOne Chosen Ones]] {{Magical Girl Warrior}}s. The interlude at the end of chapter two suggests that on the other side of the Divide, the Agents are also women only.
217* The Amazons of ''Webcomic/{{Amazoness}}!'' To be expected, since their [[LadyLand whole population is female.]]
218* The entirety of Earth's military in ''Webcomic/{{Angels 2200}}''. ([[{{Gendercide}} A plague having wiped out most of the male population]], there are [[LadyLand no adult males on Earth or most of Earth's colonies]].)
219* The matriarchal Orycalopes of ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' are a race of bunny demons whose weaker males traditionally stay hidden in their Kingdom's caves while the females are their warriors and gatherers. A group of young orycalope girls called the Rose Sisters work as guards for King Samrick since he finds it hilarious that they are surprisingly stronger and more vicious than they appear, even if they are far from the strongest things in Kellwood.
220* The Amazons of ''Webcomic/ChasingTheSunset''. Their foremothers were ordinary women who took up combat to save themselves: by the time we meet them in the comic, they are blue-skinned warriors who reproduce asexually.
221* Completely justified in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}''. The hunters and warriors of the hyena tribe are all female because they, just like real-life hyenas, are larger and stronger than the males. Also played with: at one point digger goes adventuring with two females and an ungendered shadow creature, the only male being their guide. But culturally, Grim Eyes the Hyena has a 'male' role and attitude. Similarly, Ed the Hyena is Digger's best friend and he is male, but is cuturally in a 'feminine' role.
222* Haven's Guard in ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}'' form an Amazon Brigade, including TheOneGuy, Zaebos. And one Hermaphrodite Tengu...
223* In ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'', the Archons of Charlescomm. Yes, [[ShoutOut that makes them]] [[Series/CharliesAngels Charlie's Archons]].
224* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
225** Bangladesh [=DuPree=]'s pirate crew seems to be entirely female.
226** Geisterdamen are spider-riding albino Amazones.
227** And Zeetha's mysterious tribe. Lots of Amazons.
228** Same goes for [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111111 Heliolux Airship Fleet's flagship crew]].
229* The priestesses of Ojhal in ''Webcomic/{{Glorianna}}''.
230* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Ellen, Grace, and Nanase form a temporary Amazon Brigade during the Painted Black arc.
231* As of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'''s Act 6 Intermission 5 (and the subsequent Interfishin), Vriska, Aradia, Meenah, and Aranea could be considered a pirate-themed spin on this.
232* The RemixComic version of ''Webcomic/JetDream'' recasts the girls as an [[GenderBender all-transgender]] Amazon Brigade.
233* ''Webcomic/JewelVixens''
234* ''Webcomic/LeifAndThorn'': The [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/sword-dancers-223/ Embassy guards]] are all athletic blonde women, with Alruna as [[TheOneGuy The One Enby]].
235* An internet offshoot of Marvel UK's ''Warheads'' series, ''[[http://www.2000ad.org/markus/loosecannons/ Loose Cannons]]'' tells the tale of an experimental all-female group of Warheads (paramilitary units sent through spacetime wormholes to gather technology and magical artifacts for the CorruptCorporateExecutive leaders of the sinister [=MysTech=]; think ''Series/StargateSG1'' as mercenary raiders hired by a cabal of evil sorcerers) called the Virago Troop-- who bring back more than they bargain for from an AfterTheEnd future.
236* ''[[http://well-of-souls.com/outsider/index.html Outsider]]'' has the Loroi, a species of space elves with an all-female military. Justified, since only one in eight Loroi are born male, which they consider a basic adaptation for a warrior species, since it allows them to create some massive population booms where necessary, or avoid overpopulation by restricting access to males. Further justified by the fact that Loroi females are actually the [[TinyGuyHugeGirl bigger and stronger]] members of the species. The males are child-sized.
237* In ''Webcomic/{{Pacificators}}'', Commander Bismun Volborth set out to create a platoon consisting entirely of [[ElementalPowers T-Pacificators]]. He did just that... without realizing that [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten he accidentally created a platoon full of girls]]. Ever since, it's been a RunningGag that Platoon 113 is a [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV02CH09P141.html Harem]] [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV02CH09P142.html Platoon]].
238* Illyra, Elysia, and Occela form the basis of a budding Amazon Brigade in ''Webcomic/RumorsOfWar''. Given that the setting is based on [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek Mythology]], ''one or more of them may actually be Amazons''.
239* Though not a brigade specifically, the female cast members of ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' are both more violent and most of the time, stronger than the male cast members (although how much the male members are willing to fight in general may have something to do with it). The basic rules seems to be that if somebody has a pair of breasts and is reasonably intelligent, she can probably kick your ass.
240* The Princesses of Jahad in ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''.
241* Subverted, horrifically, with the pornographic Guro webcomic ''U.S. Angel Corps'', whose ExcusePlot consists of a band of orphaned women and girls who are trained as an elite fighting force meant to take down a terrorist organization... except they all get brutally raped and / or murdered in the most over-the-top gruesome fashion imaginable in ''every... single... episode''.
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245* Practically the entirety of ''Blog/TheBlackLegionOfTheDarkLordSketchMelkor''. They're run by a girl in high school, Sketch, and the majority of the Legion consists of [[ActionGirl action girls]] that make blood sacrifices and invaded Canada. There's also a genderqueer balrog warlord, and the only three guys in the Legion are self-proclaimed nerds that participate less than everyone else in conquests.
246* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': While the Mighty Nein are a mixed-gender group, there's a pretty clean split between the more martial ladies and the more magical guys. Barbarian [[TheBigGal Yasha]] is a hulking powerhouse wielding a [[{{BFS}} five-foot greatsword]], monk Beau is a ButchLesbian jock who specializes in SupernaturalMartialArts, and rogue Nott is fast and slippery with a deadly crossbow aim. Meanwhile, the men of the party are scrawny and shy [[SquishyWizard wizard]] Caleb, insecure pretty-boy warlock Fjord, and unhealthily skinny [[CombatMedic cleric]] Caduceus. Exceptions that prove the rule are Jester, a female cleric who is second only to Yasha in Strength, and [[GenderBlenderName Molly]], a masc-aligned genderfluid bloodhunter and AgentPeacock who dual-wields scimitars.
247%%* ''Franchise/DisneyPrincess'': Ten princesses, some exceptions.
248* In ''Literature/TheGodsAreBastards'' the biggest example is Silver Legions, Church Militant of Avei, goddess of war, women and justice.
249* In ''Literature/AMorePersonalUnion'', the Chinese revolutionary known as Red Tiger has a harem of concubines that also serve as his inner circle of warriors.
250* The Entire Nileniran Military in ''Literature/TheMovolreilenSaga'', but especially the Swordcheeks, woman who completed a nine-year TrainingFromHell.
251* Team Kimba of the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' is really close, considering that their one 'boy' was born a girl named Hannah. The Whateley Academy Martial Arts Cheerleaders are all-girl but not tough enough to be a true Amazon Brigade.
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255* The Galafems in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries''. They also kidnap and forcibly-induct women into their numbers, making their army stronger.
256* The Girl Raccoons in ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'' episode "The Mighty Knothead".
257* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
258** The Kyoshi Warriors were established in honor of Avatar Kyoshi sometime before she separated their island from the mainland to prevent a war with Chin the Conquerer. Their group is lead by Suki and is responsible for protecting the island from intruders. Its present members do not count any earthbenders among them, but they make up for it with discipline and skill. They are open to men and foreigners joining them, but only if they commit to the group's cultural and feminine identity.
259** There's the trio of [[TheChessmaster Princess Azula]], [[EmotionlessGirl Mai]] and [[PerkyFemaleMinion Ty Lee.]] Not only are they three of the Gaang's [[DarkActionGirl toughest antagonists]], consisting of one gifted firebender and two nonbenders skilled enough to go toe to toe with benders, they also managed to [[spoiler:conquer Ba Sing Sei (after defeating and disgusing themselves as the aforementioned Kyoshi Warriors to boot). This is a feat not even Iroh's army could accomplish after laying siege to the city for six hundred days]]!
260* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': The Amazonian fairy tribe from the episode "Chicken Poofs" are deadly, but also wear revealing clothes.
261* ''WesternAnimation/{{Flash Gordon|1979}}'' : Princess Aura has an elite guard of female warriors under her command known as the Witch-Women.
262* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': The Rabbaroos are an all-female [[FictionalSport Pro-Bending]] team.
263* The Amazons (surprise, surprise) in ''{{WesternAnimation/Motorcity}}'', with their leader Foxy. Claire briefly teams up with them, and Julie pretends to be interested in joining.
264* In comparison to the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends previous]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3 generations]], the main characters of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' are prepared to get into a fight and handle themselves well if they have to. The G1 ponies seem to be helpless without [[TokenHuman Megan]], and the G3 ponies had virtually no conflict to begin with. The [[PeripheryDemographic male fans]] of the show seem to like it this way too, to the point that if someone refers to the main characters as the "Mane 7" and includes poor Spike, it tends to cause drama.
265* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' has the [[ScoutOut Fireside Girls]]. Doubly so in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension'', where their counterparts and Candace-2 form the main squad of LaResistance, with [[TheSmartGuy Baljeet-2]] as TheOneGuy. (Buford-2 apparently used to be part of their group as well, [[RebelliousRebel but he started resisting them, too]].)
266* Season 5 of of ''WesternAnimation/{{Samurai Jack|2017}}'' has the Daughters of Aku, septuplets raised by an [[ReligionOfEvil Aku-worshipping cult]] who were trained since childhood specifically for the goal of killing Jack.
267** We later find out that the Scotsman had [[MassiveNumberedSiblings about at least a few dozen daughters]], each as brawny as him and trained to help battle against Aku.
268* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'': There's a couple of token guys but the vast majority of the Princess Alliance is, as you'd expect, made up of a variety of butt-kicking ladies.
269* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' features the Night Sisters of Dathomir.
270* While actually [[StarfishAliens genderless rocks that project a humanoid form]], the Gems of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' are all very feminine in appearance, voice, and are interpreted as female by the humans in their setting. The Crystal Gems, central to the story, is a trio that are experienced fighters of superhuman capability- the titular character Steven being the only male Gem due to being a HalfHumanHybrid. Due to the [[OneGenderRace nature of Gems]], it's likely any group of offensive Gems would qualify as this.
271* The Screaming Queens from ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks''.
272* Villainous example: Turmoil and her all-female squadron of fighter pilots from the ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' episode "Cry Turmoil".
273* The Warrior Maidens from ''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats|1985}}''.
274* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
275** ''World Tour'' has "Team Amazon" consisting of four girls [[TheOneGuy and Cody]].
276** Also in ''Pahkitew Island'', "Team Kinosewak" after episode 8, their team is reduced entirely to female members.
277* The three eponymous characters from ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' (WHOOP doesn't seem to have an all-female requirement for spies, but the most prominent recurring character who was a member was Britney, and Mandy was also a member briefly. The trio does report to [[TheOneGuy Jerry]], a male superior.)
278* Elita One and the Female Autobots in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers''.
279* The ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' [[note]] Both in the original series and in its spinoff ''WesternAnimation/WorldOfWinx''[[/note]] are six fairies who face evil witches, wizards, and monsters on a daily basis, and beat them all up spectacularly.
280* The five [[FunWithAcronyms title characters]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH|2004}}'' are five [[MagicalGirl Magical Girls]] in the vein of Sailor Moon. As they work for a GuardianOfTheMultiverse in the series and the original comics they are frequently dispatched as a squad to deal with the occasional DimensionLord and other threats.
281** It also appears that the Guardians are always all-female; the previous team, CHYKN, was also all-girls, and it is implied that that is tradition.
282* The Bayville Sirens from ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''.
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