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| 7 | [[quoteright:260:[[ComicBook/SheHulk https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SHEHULKCrop1_3175.jpg]]]] |
| 8 | [[caption-width-right:260: Why is he holding that money bag so awkwardly? [[RagingStiffie Oh...]]]] |
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| 10 | ->''"I love the kind of woman that can kick my ass."'' |
| 11 | -->-- '''Spike Spiegel''', ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' |
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| 13 | This is the guy who finds a lady attractive ''[[PowerIsSexy because]]'' of her [[ActionGirl Amazon-ness]]. For instance, the guy could be looking for a ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend, the other half of his BattleCouple, or finds a woman who [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou refuses to submit]] [[PowerDynamicsKink and challenges him]] ''very'' enticing, or is just entranced by her unbridled ''power''. Nothing would thrill him like getting plucked off the ground in an EffortlessAmazonianLift and carried away by her. |
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| 15 | She herself could be TheProtagonist who needs a guy who can appreciate a girl who's stronger, tougher, faster, and more aggressive than himself. Or she could just be a GirlOfTheWeek for TheHero who prefers this type. She can even be an antagonist while the hero falls in LoveAtFirstPunch, and the harder she pummels him the more he [[DatingCatwoman wants to romance]] her. |
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| 17 | If the guy is simply attracted to her HeroicBuild instead of her badass feats then he is not this trope. Instead he is an example of HasAType (with the "type" being muscular girls). She may be an AmazonianBeauty, StatuesqueStunner (or GiantWoman), or Ms. Brawn (from BeautyBrainsAndBrawn trio), and all of these are considered attractive by many. But unless this guy is ''also'' attracted to her strength and prowess, he doesn't qualify. |
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| 19 | The genderflips are WomenPreferStrongMen (a female who is attracted to strong men) and AllAmazonsWantHercules (a strong woman is attracted to a man who's stronger than she is). The [[InvertedTrope flip-side proper]] (and thus where all Aversions, Subversions, and Inversions go) is NoGuyWantsAnAmazon. |
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| 21 | Not to be confused with an AmazonBrigade or AmazonianBeauty or [[UsefulNotes/TheAmazonRainforest the actual geographic location]]. |
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| 23 | Her side of the relationship might be WeaknessTurnsHerOn. |
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| 25 | ''Remember, this is not solely about attractive {{Action Girl}}s. This is about someone being attracted to action girls in-universe because they are action girls''. (Though the ActionGirl's attractiveness is, logically, not completely out of the question. It is just incidental or a bonus on atop of the fighting ability.) |
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| 27 | !!Examples |
| 28 | [[index]] |
| 29 | * AmazonChaser/AnimeAndManga |
| 30 | * AmazonChaser/FanWorks |
| 31 | * [[AmazonChaser/AnimatedFilms Films — Animation]] |
| 32 | * AmazonChaser/{{Literature}} |
| 33 | * AmazonChaser/LiveActionTV |
| 34 | * AmazonChaser/VideoGames |
| 35 | * AmazonChaser/WesternAnimation |
| 36 | [[/index]] |
| 37 | |
| 38 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 39 | |
| 40 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 41 | * Franchise/TheDCU and ''Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}}'': Scott "Mister Miracle" Free and his wife, ActionGirl Big Barda. Barda is a beautiful 7-foot-tall bruiser [[TinyGuyHugeGirl who towers over her husband]], but that doesn't bother the super escape artist in the least. In fact, they are HappilyMarried, and he is so secure in his own skills and abilities that he gladly defers any heavy lifting or fighting to his wife, who is eager to smash the bad guys when appropriate. In a bit of meta-commentary, Barda's personality is based on their creator Creator/JackKirby's beloved wife Roz to whom he was married for over fifty years before his death in 1994. |
| 42 | * Though at first they only had a fun time together, ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules falls in love with Namora (cousin of the ComicBook/SubMariner) after he witnesses she's as much of a [[CombatPragmatist dirty fighter]] as him. |
| 43 | * ComicBook/TheMightyThor: Sif is introduced fighting a monster. Thor is instantly smitten. He outright states her strength and bravery are the reasons why. |
| 44 | * ComicBook/RedSonja. In the comics, many men are explicitly attracted to her because she is a woman who knows how to fight. |
| 45 | * ComicBook/SteveTrevor, beau and eventual husband of Franchise/WonderWoman, a literal Amazon, is an UrExample of this trope. In the pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} DCU, he rarely showed concern about being overpowered. ComicBook/PostCrisis, ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1987}} generally doesn't get into romance either way--she just doesn't have time and Steve was paired off with Etta instead--but it's joked that small-time crooks [[TooKinkyToTorture will]] ''[[TooKinkyToTorture gladly]]'' [[TooKinkyToTorture get manhandled by her]]. She and Steve are back to their original relationship in ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth''. |
| 46 | ** In ''[[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Wonder Woman Vol 1]]'', Marya is an eight foot tall well muscled young Mexican woman who has no shortage of admirers. |
| 47 | ** In the New 52, Superman certainly appreciates her strength and fighting skill. Their first meeting during Darkseid's invasion has him reacting to her cutting a swathe through parademons with an impressed, "You're strong" and her responding with a confident smirk, "I know.". The exchange is loosely adapted in WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar. [[spoiler:Sure enough, they [[GodCouple end up together]].]] |
| 48 | * ''{{ComicBook/Sabretooth}}'' actually fits. He shows attraction to Jean Grey after she brutalizes him. When ''{{ComicBook/Mystique}}'' & Leisl are pissed & talk about their plans of vengeance, he admits to being turned on. Finally, his most recent love interest was [[Characters/GenerationX Monet St. Croix]], a woman dubbed the perfect mutant due to winning the SuperPowerLottery. He admitted on one occasion that she was stronger than he was. |
| 49 | * ComicBook/{{Gambit}} is definitely this especially towards his ActionGirlfriend and now wife ComicBook/{{Rogue}} who far eclipses him [[FlyingBrick in strength]] but he doesn't seem to mind at all. In fact whenever he spars with Rogue in the Danger Room, Gambit enjoys it immensely and nor is he put off by her being a PowerParasite, believing her touch no matter how deadly to be WorthIt (much to Rogue's exasperation). In ''ComicBook/MrAndMrsX'', it's revealed Gambit [[LoveAtFirstPunch first fell for Rogue]] [[https://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2018/02/gambit-meeting.png when she punched him so hard that he went flying into a tree]]. |
| 50 | * Pictured above: Creator/MarvelComics' [[ComicBook/SheHulk Jennifer Walters]]. For the most part, the super-powered men of the Marvel universe can't get enough of her seven-foot, green alter ego. Her experiences with mundane men are rather well-documented, too, usually with the implication Jen in her She-Hulk forms is much more outgoing and confident. |
| 51 | ** She-Hulk's {{Archenemy}}[=/=]EvilCounterpart Titania is a villainous example. During ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|1984}}'', she and Crusher Creel (the Absorbing Man) struck up a friendship. Although Mary [[AllAmazonsWantHercules greatly admired Creel for his raw physical power]], he in turn was attracted to her for [[TheBrute being every bit as rough and tough as he was]] (she ''is'', [[TheWorfEffect more or less]], the strongest woman in the Marvel universe alongside Shulkie). They formed a BattleCouple for some time [[UnholyMatrimony before finally sealing the deal]]. |
| 52 | * ComicBook/XMen character Quentin Quire is attracted to muscular warrior women and not at all shy to express it. |
| 53 | ** Case in point: He's willing to become Lyra the Savage She-Hulk's "love slave". |
| 54 | * Another X-Men example in Hellion. When he realizes he has a crush on Shark-Girl during ''Spider-Man and the X-Men'', Hellion remarks on his tendency to be attracted to savage {{Action Girl}}s (his previous romantic interest having been ComicBook/{{X 23}}). |
| 55 | ** While helping comfort Armor after Wolverine's death, she breaks his nose for making an insulting comment about Logan. Moments later, he casually suggests they hook up. And while Hisako might not ''seem'' to fit this trope, she's one of the few people who'd pick a fight with Wolverine just to make him feel better. And her method of comfort before Hellion shows up was a simulated BarBrawl in the danger room. |
| 56 | * It doesn't come up in dialogue much, but pretty much every woman ComicBook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}} has been involved with is an ActionGirl. His two major love interests are ComicBook/JeanGrey, who even without her immense psychic powers is [[AmazonianBeauty tall, toned yet muscular]] and one hell of a fighter; and ComicBook/EmmaFrost, who has SuperStrength and is also more than capable when forced to get her hands dirty. In alternate universes he's been involved with ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]] and Frenzy. You could argue it's because he almost exclusively dates superheroines[=/=]reformed villainesses, but the one Muggle he was with was a tough-as-nails ship's captain turned interdimensional adventurer. |
| 57 | * Tim Drake seems to pick this trope up in ComicBook/RedRobin. He fails to stop a fight between his new ally, Pru, and Stephanie Brown, because he's too busy gawping at how much better Steph has gotten at fighting (and how good she looks in her costume). |
| 58 | * ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': |
| 59 | ** ''Donald Duck'' seems to be one, going by his love interests and {{Ship Tease}}s: Daisy packs a powerful punch and, in certain stories, is a spy on the side (and Donald ''knows''), Paperinika is a superhero (and Daisy's alter ego), [[ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures Lyla Lay]] is a Time Police droid capable with ''enormous'' physical strength, [[ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures Xadhoom]] once swore to exterminate the Evronians for destroying her homeworld and [[PhysicalGoddess has more than enough firepower to do it]], and [[ComicBook/DoubleDuck Kay K]] is another spy. The only exception would be Reginella, [[MagicalGirlfriend an alien queen]] noted to be petite, kind and all-around nice... [[BewareTheNiceOnes Except she can be far more terrifying than Daisy, Lyla and Kay K put together]] thanks to her immense psychic powers allowing her to unleash a terrifying MindRape, she's just a near-ActualPacifist who'd prefer simple psychic dissuasion or, at worst, unleashing [[OneManArmy Donald]]. |
| 60 | ** Urk got a crush for Lyla after seeing her immense physical strength, and the one woman to attract his attention back home was also the only person in the world who could beat him in combat. |
| 61 | ** ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' had Angus fall for a BroughtDownToNormal Xadhoom after she punched him out. |
| 62 | ** Groft Van Moore, also from PKNA, is the owner of [[PrivateMilitaryContractor a mercenary droid army]] and the warship ''Dama Elenthari'' with the name of Colonel Neopard. His girlfriend Dama Elenthari Lleyr Dalagh is best known as the Commander Alyonesse, and she's ''his main competitor''. |
| 63 | * In ''ComicBook/KunskapensKorridorer'', Jörgen falls in love with the athletic {{tomboy}} Tove. |
| 64 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': |
| 65 | ** Most of the women [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Peter Parker]] has shown interest in are strong, independent, opinionated and not afraid to speak up. His two major love interests are [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Watson]] and ComicBook/BlackCat, both of whom fit these categories. Other women he has dated or shown an interest in include [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]], ComicBook/SpiderWoman (Jessica Drew), ComicBook/ShannaTheSheDevil and ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}}. Spidey has also flirted with ComicBook/SheHulk; indeed, when he first met her in the TeamUpSeries, he explicitly thought Jen was a “babe” instead of monstrous like everyone else up to that point and was very impressed with her strength. There was also the second crossover with ComicBook/{{Superman}} when Spidey briefly encountered ComicBook/WonderWoman. After convincing her he wasn't an enemy, he quickly quips, "Is it too early in our relationship to propose marriage?" Bonus points for Wondy being a literal Amazon. |
| 66 | ** Many of [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]]' love interests are superheroines who can kick butt. |
| 67 | * {{Discussed}} in ''ComicBook/{{Alias}}''. [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]] accuses ComicBook/LukeCage behind his back of having a fetish for superpowered women, telling protagonist ComicBook/JessicaJones that Luke has had a string of short relationships and one-night stands with everybody from [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Jessica Drew]] to ComicBook/SheHulk. Cage counters when Jones questions him on it later that most of the women he ''knows'' are supers--"If I was a lawyer, I'd probably mostly date lawyers"--and points out that when they slept together in the first issue, ''she'' had come on to ''him''. |
| 68 | * From ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'', Lightning Lad and his twin sister Lightning Lass seem to be attracted to the same kind of woman, and that's "no-nonsense hardass who can and will kick the crap out of anyone that pisses them off." For Lightning Lad, that's Saturn Girl (who is called "Iron Butt Imra" for a reason), and for Lightning Lass that's Shrinking Violet (who TookALevelInBadass after she was held captive for several weeks). Interestingly, both of these women aren't exactly muscular and they don't have super strength, but they're repeatedly shown capable of taking down anyone that gets on their bad side and will ''not'' tolerate anyone's shit. |
| 69 | [[/folder]] |
| 70 | |
| 71 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 72 | * ''Film/Daredevil2003'': Both Matt and Bullseye are already attracted to Elektra Natchios, her fighting prowess only increased that attractiveness. |
| 73 | * ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'': |
| 74 | ** ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': Sameer is "both frightened... ''and'' aroused" upon seeing Diana take down the goon that nearly shoots Charlie at the bar. |
| 75 | ** ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'': While touching the Lasso of Truth, Aquaman says he's attracted to Wonder Woman because she is "gorgeous, fierce, and strong". Naturally, in ''Film/Aquaman2018'', his eventual love interest Mera also has these qualities. |
| 76 | * ''Film/EverAfter'': Prince Henry is fascinated by the way "Nicole" climbs trees, swims alone, and is strong enough to hoist him over her shoulders. |
| 77 | * [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] in ''Film/{{Girlfight}}''. Adrian is quickly attracted to tomboy and female boxer Diana, but he gets embarrassed [[IWasBeatenByAGirl when he's beaten by her]], fearing that Diana won't respect him as a result (she actually does). |
| 78 | * Surprisingly averted with [[AmazonianBeauty Hundra's]] romantic interest in [[Film/{{Hundra}} the eponymous film]]. He has no sexual interest in her until she [[CleansUpNicely gets a makeover]]. In fact, his lack of sexual interest is all that saves him from [[DeliberateValuesDissonance rape at her hands]]. |
| 79 | * ''Film/JurassicWorld'' has Owen planting TheBigDamnKiss on Claire after she saves him from some raptors. |
| 80 | * ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': |
| 81 | ** Film/{{Thor}} is a big one, as he fully supported Sif's LadyOfWar status among the Asgardian Warriors and in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' he gushed upon learning Brunnhilde was part of the Valkyries. |
| 82 | --->'''Thor:''' My God, you're a Valkyrie... You know, I used to want to be a Valkyries when I was younger, until I found out you were all women. There's nothing wrong with women, of course, I like women. [[HandsomeLech Sometimes a little too much]]. Not in a creepy way, just more like a respectful appreciation. I think it's great, an elite force of women warriors. It's about time." |
| 83 | *** In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', Thor's reaction to [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Carol Danvers]] not even flinching when he summons his Star-Forged axe past her head is simply "I like this one". |
| 84 | ** Loki has shades of this throughout the Thor movies: charged moments in the [[Film/{{Thor}} first]] [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld two]] with Sif (and the [[WordOfSaintPaul music composer]] for ''Series/Loki2021'' says they slept together before he cut off part of her hair as a prank), he's amused that Jane has the gall to slap him in the second movie, and he's thrilled to find out that he fighting against an actual Valkyrie in the [[Film/ThorRagnarok third]]. |
| 85 | ** ''Film/IronMan3'': {{Downplayed|Trope}}, but [[spoiler:[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6PwVjaUzJ8&t=70s Tony's reaction]] to Pepper saving his life and blowing up BigBad Killian falls under this]]. |
| 86 | ** In ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', Agent Coulson [[https://youtu.be/1HAydBEyvio?t=151 enjoys listening Black Widow kicking ass over the phone]]. |
| 87 | ** In ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'', BigBad Xu Wenwu aka The Mandarin to invade [[PocketDimension Ta Lo]] fights the beautiful [[GateGuardian gatekeeper]] Ying Li. As they duel their fight soon becomes like a dance and after she defeats him, Xu Wenwu is [[LoveAtFirstPunch completely smitten]]. He returns later and they marry and she gives birth the eponymous protagonist Shang-Chi and his sister Xu Xialing. |
| 88 | * Lorna Cole in ''Film/LethalWeapon3'' has absolutely no problem matching Martin Riggs in the ass-kicking department, a quality that contributes greatly to their eventual romance. |
| 89 | * Two characters in ''Film/{{Pixels}}'': |
| 90 | ** Eddie expresses his wish to sleep with professional tennis player Serena Williams. |
| 91 | ** For over twenty years, Ludlow's been in love with Lady Lisa, a character clearly inspired by main characters of ''Film/KillBill'' and ''Franchise/TombRaider''. |
| 92 | * Callahan from the ''Film/PoliceAcademy'' films. Her first combat demonstration ends with her asking for a volunteer and every man present jumping to his feet. |
| 93 | * ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/TheForceAwakens'': Finn has a look of ''awe'' after he sees Rey take down a couple of thieves by herself. He has a transparent crush on her for the rest of the film. |
| 94 | * ''Film/WeAreTheNight'': |
| 95 | ** Tom is more turned on than hurt by the fact that Lena kicks him in the nuts to escape arrest at his hands. Over the rest of the film, he chases her, and at the end [[spoiler:they go on the run]]. |
| 96 | ** Louise, similarly, is visibly entranced by the fact that Lena threw her off after she'd been bitten to run away. She later gets Lena into her group, with clearly amorous intentions. |
| 97 | [[/folder]] |
| 98 | |
| 99 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 100 | * Kevin Welch: In "Hill Country Girl", the singer extensively describes how his woman is huge, strong and fierce. |
| 101 | -->''My woman's a fire eater''\ |
| 102 | ''My woman's 'bout six feet tall''\ |
| 103 | ''She comes from down in Texas''\ |
| 104 | ''She's got my number, y'all''\ |
| 105 | ''Yeah, she's a flash of lightning''\ |
| 106 | ''Yeah, she's got x-ray eyes''\ |
| 107 | ''Man, she can see right through you''\ |
| 108 | ''Don't trouble with your disguise'' |
| 109 | * Music/TheMenThatWillNotBeBlamedForNothing: In "Goggles", the Men sing the praises of women who can win fistfights and strip engines. |
| 110 | * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVO4woYcZF0 Lovely Wii Fit Trainer]]" is about a boy who [[PerverseSexualLust has fallen in love]] with the VideoGame/WiiFit Trainer and is ecstatic to learn that she's a new playable fighter in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU''. He gushes over her fighting style, dreams of receiving a compliment from her about his physical fitness, and even fantasizes about her beating up VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}. |
| 111 | [[/folder]] |
| 112 | |
| 113 | [[folder:Myths & Religion]] |
| 114 | * Freyja, the Norse pantheon's resident ''love goddess'', takes half the souls of the warriors slain for herself. |
| 115 | * GeniusBruiser Theseus married Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons. However, after Hippolyta's death, he did later marry another, non-Amazon woman, Phaedra... [[Theatre/{{Hippolytus}} who became enamored with his and Hippolyta's son, Hippolytus]]. She ultimately [[IronicHell got what she had coming]]. |
| 116 | * The Morrígan of Myth/CelticMythology was a BloodKnight who ''[[ReallyGetsAround really got around]].'' Seriously--she slept with at least two of the most powerful gods and countless mortal warriors in exchange for aiding them to victory in battle. There was a minor problem with her HairTriggerTemper and her tendency to [[DisproportionateRetribution violently ruin someone for the crime of pissing her off]], but it's safe to assume that most men were fine with a mysterious female warrior showing up and asking to sleep with them. |
| 117 | * Atalanta from Greek mythology - a beautiful blonde who was also a skilled huntress and athlete. She had suitors lining up to try and beat her in a foot race. [[BestHerToBedHer If they won, they would win her hand]] - if they lost, they would lose their head. In the end, she was beaten by the GuileHero Hippomenes, who used three literally irresistible apples given to him by Aphrodite to distract her long enough to finish first. |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 121 | * Wrestling/JimCornette, although he would deny it for most of his career, insisting such women were "awful" and "ugly", even though [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny his actions were contrary to his words]] (though this was as much him being a {{man child}} {{sissy villain}} as it was not liking powerful women in general). Since working in the LPWA and becoming an owner of OVW for a time, Jim has admitted to finding women who can compete on par with men attractive. He maintains that he still sees no appeal in female body builders, though, and still hates breast implants. |
| 122 | * Wrestling/LarrySweeney, while not usually an active pursuer, would pay compliments and offer job opportunities to women such as Wrestling/SaraDelRey. |
| 123 | * One of OVW's {{Gorgeous George}}s, Paradyse, has admitted he likes women, but only mannish ones (even though CJ Lane really isn't by wrestler standards, she at least dresses the part). |
| 124 | * Also, OVW's White Kryptonite Eddie Diamond, who showed this in his pursuits of Epiphany and Wrestling/LeiDTapa. Epiphany reciprocated his feelings, Tapa did not, the two were going to fight when Tapa insulted the couple but Diamond wanted to make peace and loving. |
| 125 | * This trope partially makes up {{the gimmick}} of Stalker Ichikawa from IWRG, Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/ProWrestlingZero1, Wrestling/ProWrestlingNoah, Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla, the Wrestling/{{N|ational Wrestling Alliance}}WA [[TheLongList and others]]. (Good luck [[AbhorrentAdmirer escaping]], ladies.) |
| 126 | * Wrestling/{{Tazz}} notably supported and admitted attraction to {{the giant}} {{dominatrix}} Shaniqua on Smackdown and the AxCrazy Wrestling/DaffneyUnger on TNA when his broadcast partners were less than enthused by them; though he questioned his own tastes in the latter case, he still stuck by them. |
| 127 | * Wrestling/BethPhoenix known as 'The Glamazon' attracted the affections of Santino Marella ''after'' she defeated him easily in a match. Matt Striker also claimed once, on commentary during a match of hers, that he may be in love upon seeing Beth thrash a {{jobber}}. |
| 128 | * [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] admitted he was turned on when he saw his kayfabe girlfriend Wrestling/GailKim knock someone out with a guillotine choke. |
| 129 | * In Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling the singer in Takako Inoue's theme, "She is a Knockout", sings about how he's fallen for her because she can kick his ass. |
| 130 | [[/folder]] |
| 131 | |
| 132 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 133 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Talislanta}}'': The setting is home to the Danuvians, a near-human folk in which the women are ProudWarriorRace Gals, while the men are delicate and housebound. Polyandry is common, as many Danuvians keep both a beautiful Danuvian husband to father their children (no [[HalfHumanHybrids Half-Danuvian Hybrids]] here), ''and'' a husky non-Danuvian warrior husband, whose physical prowess and military background give them something in common to talk about. Thus, these warrior-women fulfill both sides of this trope simultaneously, where tastes in men are concerned. |
| 134 | * TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}: In the "Wrath of the Righteous" adventure path and the [[VideoGame/PathfinderWrathOfTheRighteous video game adaptation]], [[TheSpymaster Anevia]] recounts that this was how she fell for her eventual wife, the tall and strong half-orc [[ThePaladin Irabeth]]. When Anevia was captured by the evil Zon-Kuthon's cultists and about to be sacrificed, Irabeth [[RescueRomance stormed in]] and defeated the villains in a great display of strength and heroism. Anevia described it as LoveAtFirstSight. |
| 135 | [[/folder]] |
| 136 | |
| 137 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 138 | * ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'': Hiyoko Tousaka is the protagonist of an otome game. Her love interests are birds, and she's capable of throwing two out a window at once. She's also a [[ContemporaryCaveman Contemporary Cavewoman]], seen as a barbarian, and has more emphasis on the ''hunter'' part of hunter-gatherer. [[HoldYourHippogriffs Nobirdie]] is discomfited by this and several love interests have positive comments on her stature and strength, though most of the "romances" seem more like "forging close personal friendships". |
| 139 | * ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'': In Kurugaya's route, Riki, who himself is a {{Moe}} NonActionGuy, is mainly attracted to her because of how cool she is. The other male childhood friends find this inexplicable, as to them she's just terrifying. |
| 140 | * ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorialGirlsSide 2'': A ''very'' downplayed example occurs with Hikami. Go touring with him on your second-year field trip and he'll attempt to lift a giant staff to fulfill the superstition that any man who can do so will have great success in life. The heroine suggests she should try, too, but Hikami tells her the superstition is DifferentForGirls: a woman who manages to lift the staff will be high-strung and dominate her husband. Hikami then muses to himself that things would certainly be '''interesting''' if the two of you were together, then quickly blushes and tells you that [[BlatantLies he didn't say anything]] and to forget it. This is especially surprising because Hikami is a [[{{Meganekko}} bespectacled]] LovableNerd who constantly enforces school rules, and he's normally [[NerdsAreSexy attracted to your high Study stat]] instead. |
| 141 | * ''VisualNovel/ShallWeDateNinjaShadow'': The PlayerCharacter Saori/"Kaname" is a {{bifauxnen}} ActionSurvivor who must go from a NaiveNewcomer to an ActionGirl. Her potential boyfriends are all very skilled fighters and, in one way or another, will ''love'' to see the MC take levels in badass. The ones that fit the most here are Toru [[spoiler: Nakagawa]] (who is actually an AntiVillain and falls for Saori because he's impressed by her pluck) and Hijikata, who perfectly defines his type in the following words: |
| 142 | -->''"I like women who are bold!"'' |
| 143 | [[/folder]] |
| 144 | |
| 145 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 146 | * In ''WebAnimation/CampCamp'', CloudCuckoolander David ends up in a MasculineGirlFeminineBoy relationship with an AmazonianBeauty SassyBlackWoman named [[GhettoName Bonquisha]]. She sadly [[WomenPreferStrongMen dumps him for not being manly enough]], leading him to punch out her new boyfriend [[DavidVersusGoliath twice his size]] in frustration, [[BewareTheNiceOnes much to everyone's shock]]. |
| 147 | * ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'': Boomstick is highly appreciative of tough female combatants who go on the show. Tellingly, he had little interest in neither [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]] or [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Princess Zelda]], but gushed over [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Yang Xiao Long]]'s Ember Celica (but not Yang herself -- considering she is seventeen years old, that would be {{Squick}}) and made constant innuendo about [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Tifa Lockhart]], even lamenting how he'd lost another potential wife when [[spoiler:Tifa lost to Yang]]. |
| 148 | * ''WebAnimation/MetalFamily'': The first [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K19-GmuM68Q video]] introduces a protagonist who is instantly smitten by an Amazonian biker he sees, and her actions like mercilessly beating down her current biker boyfriend merely increases his infatuation. When he shows drawings he's made of her, they show her as even ''more'' muscular. |
| 149 | * ''Animation/{{Pucca}}'': Pucca's friend Ching has a massive crush on the local BruceLeeClone Abyo and attempts to play the DeliberatelyDistressedDamsel role [[RescueRomance so he'll go save her]]. All of these plans fail, and for worse [[DistressBall Abyo is kidnapped]] at the end of the last one. So Ching decides to fix this [[CuteBruiser via slashing her way]] [[DualWielding with her twin swords..]]. and not only Abyo is rescued, but ''he's totally captivated'' by how she's "the coolest girl ever". |
| 150 | * ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': Sarge's reaction to a scary {{War God}}dess is "Lady, I think I speak for everyone when I say, MARRY ME!" |
| 151 | [[/folder]] |
| 152 | |
| 153 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 154 | * ''[[Webcomic/BigBreak2019 Big Break (2019)]]'': Troy, being a ChickMagnet, sometimes attracts women who are muscular, athletic and tall. Then again, he doesn't actively look for them, but he does accept their attention nonetheless. His roommates Kris and Miko, an ex-MMA fighter and martial arts instructor respectively, both desire Troy and often sleep with him. |
| 155 | * ''Webcomic/{{Chitra}}'': Although Tyrex is totally loyal to his summoner and happily calls her his "Master", he's still attracted to certain features traditionally consider more masculine. In a humorous ImagineSpot in Chapter 44, he fantasizes about the delicate, feminine Chitra becoming taller and more muscular (...and more interested in having an intimate relationship with him): |
| 156 | --> '''Tyrex''': There'll be a day when our Master will need to use her stamina. It'd be nice if she used it on me. It'd be so wonderful if our Master could grow to be two meters tall with a six-pack and still have lots of energy after going a few rounds a day~ |
| 157 | * ''Webcomic/ComingToTheLavender'': The main character Aaron developes a crush on the 8 foot tall bug creature Myfawny after she saves his life. He finds her bizarre, monsterous appearance and ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend leanings very attractictive and comforting. |
| 158 | * ''Webcomic/BronzeSkinInc'': The plot revolves around a company that specializes in tanning giant women, with Julia, a fanatic fan of those giantesses. |
| 159 | * ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'': It's kind of a RunningGag that Daniel Ti'fiona has [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_267.php a thing for Amazons]], but never gets the chance to score with one. Considering his father's first wife (his half-sister's mother) was an actual Amazon it's probably hereditary. |
| 160 | * ''Webcomic/DaughterOfTheLilies'': Lyra meets her eventual girlfriend when the woman faces a rampaging demon in single combat, sustains a serious injury, and shrugs off medical help to order Lyra to finish the job, [[https://www.daughterofthelilies.com/dotl/541 provoking]] a magnificent CrushBlush. |
| 161 | * ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' see [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-08-17 Bort's reaction]] when the girl he's had his eye on grows spikes and starts slaughtering the guys trying to capture them. |
| 162 | * ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Susan aka "[[StrawFeminist the angry feminist chick]]" looks more than fine, but Matt, the president of student council, [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2012-03-06 evidently got a crush]] on her due to [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2008-07-14 being impressed]] by her [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2005-03-21 roaring at him and the principal]] over the new dress code. He eventually asks her out, but she turns him down. It's implied that this is more due to her intimacy issues rather than any particular problem with Matt himself. |
| 163 | * ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': |
| 164 | ** [[MadScientist Agatha and Gil]] are turned on by each other's Sparky inventions, which usually consist of large weapons they use in combat. At one point, Gil confides with Wooster that he'd always dreamed of meeting a girl who was a Spark of his caliber. |
| 165 | ** All the [[SuperSoldier Jaegers]] take this to [[ExaggeratedTrope a new level]] -- their idea of flirting is the woman in question beating them up. |
| 166 | ---> '''Andre:''' ''[wistfully]'' She iz zo sharp... zo '''''dangerous''''', like a pudding-bag full of '''''knives!''''' |
| 167 | ** Higgs is possibly another example -- his first impression of [[ActionGirl Zeetha]] is when they're in a barfight, and most of the time they spend together right up until he admits his feelings involve them fighting various enemies. |
| 168 | ---> '''Zeetha:''' Just what are you '''''implying?'''''\ |
| 169 | '''Higgs:''' Miss, you look so extraordinarily dangerous, I wouldn't '''''think''''' of implying '''''anything'''''. |
| 170 | ** Which makes sense, since [[spoiler:it's been confirmed that Higgs is actually a very human-looking, very ''old'' Jaegergeneral]]. His tastes are more civilized than usual, of course. |
| 171 | * ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': Andrew Smith ends up in a happy relationship with Parley, a [[TheLadEtte Lad-Ette]] MagicKnight trainee who's OneHeadTaller than him. [[spoiler:When she [[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1683 returns]] from training with {{Charles Atlas Superpower}}s and a muscular body to match, he's... [[http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1684 quite enthusiastic]]]]. |
| 172 | * ''Webcomic/TheHeroesOfCrash'': Titanium Maiden, an amazon, is used to being treated badly because of her looks. Belt Boy however, is [[http://www.theheroesofcrash.com/Intro11.htm instantly smitten]]. |
| 173 | * ''Webcomic/TheNoordegraafFiles'': Theo has a '''major''' crush on resident ActionGirl Katrina after seeing her practice sparring. Although, given Kat has had at least thirty different boyfriends, this might not be an uncommon trait in the comic's universe. |
| 174 | * ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has a female paladin named Miko Miyazaki. [[SamusIsAGirl After some initial gender confusion]] Roy is attracted to her and repeatedly asks her out until he realizes that she's [[LawfulStupid fanatically Lawful]] and [[KnightTemplar more than a little overzealous]]. |
| 175 | * ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': Zoë gets a moment of this in [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20110907 this strip]]. |
| 176 | -->'''Zoë''': I've destroyed a vampire queen, crushed a demon under my foot, I'm the goddam Storm Breaker and you ''will not treat me like some porcelain doll who can't take the truth!'' |
| 177 | -->'''Torg:''' You're so hot right now. |
| 178 | * ''Webcomic/ValAndIsaac'': A female example with Sila, who falls for Val after a bout in a virtual reality gym. |
| 179 | -->'''Sila:''' Whoa! You actually look like that?!\ |
| 180 | '''Val:''' Yeah? What was I supposed to look like?\ |
| 181 | '''Sila:''' I dunno, I thought you were using some video game avatar or something!\ |
| 182 | ''[[BeatPanel Beat]]''\ |
| 183 | '''Sila:''' Please tell me your abs are real too. |
| 184 | * ''Webcomic/TomboyGF'': Shion, the titular character, has a boyfriend who loves muscular women, with a particular predilection toward rock-hard abs. The best way to get him energized is when Shion exposes her own to him. |
| 185 | * ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'': Owen likes this type as shown [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/06072004/ here]]. |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[folder:Websites]] |
| 189 | * ''Website/{{Serina}}'': In [[https://sites.google.com/site/worldofserina/the-end-ultimocene-beyond-270-million-years/silly-little-things Silly Little Things]], a male flutterfox takes it into his head to court a female moonbeast, a much larger specimen of an unrelated lineage of flying tribbetheres. She's over twice his size and a predator of creatures very similar to himself, but he manages to approach her safely by day due to moonbeasts hunting only at night, and eventually igratiates himself into her tolerance through habit and offerings of food. |
| 190 | [[/folder]] |
| 191 | |
| 192 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 193 | * ''WebVideo/BrokenBonds'': Although P'mis will serve a strong master of any gender, he seems particularly interested in women. |
| 194 | * ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': Grog the goliath barbarian enjoys women of any kind (usually in those places where you can pay for lady favours), but his interest is particularly piqued when a woman can kick ass. Two in particular have drawn his eye on screen, namely The Siren (a [[FieryRedhead red-headed pit fighter]]) and Lady Kima (a [[PintSizedPowerhouse halfling paladin]] of Bahamut). |
| 195 | * ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'': The Critic, to the point where he'd let the women from "[[Film/{{Chicago}} Cell Block Tango]]" snuff him, and he hires Tamara because she tortured him and views go up when he's hurting. And when his show become more of an EnsembleCast, most of his male characters have this AuthorAppeal too. |
| 196 | * ''WebVideo/TBSkyen'': Skyen has been known to openly thirst over very muscular female character designs such as Illaoi or post-rework Akali from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''. |
| 197 | [[/folder]] |
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