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| 6 | [[quoteright:350:[[WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_kim_possible_s03___12_14_so_the_dramamkv_snapshot_010447699.png]]]] |
| 7 | [[caption-width-right:350:''Aw darn, IBrokeANail... [[EyeScream gouging your eyes out]]!'']] |
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| 9 | ->''"I'm pretty much the Queen Bitch of the Universe."'' |
| 10 | -->-- '''Sarah Kerrigan, the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Queen of Blades]]''', ''VideoGame/StarCraftI: Brood War'' |
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| 12 | Those stupid boys and their ridiculous little games. What's a girl to do? Well, if you're ''this'' girl, most likely [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat them up]]. |
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| 14 | She may like to [[EvilWearsBlack dress in black]] and keep her [[FemmeFatalons nails particularly long and sharp]], unless the story cares about practicality. A popular combination with TheBaroness, but usually not TheVamp or the FemmeFatale, since she prefers to pummel TheHero to a bloody pulp instead of seducing him, but there are certainly exceptions. Can this wild woman be tamed? Go on, keep thinking that way. We'll see how long you live. |
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| 16 | If she ''is'' brought over to the side of good, even if [[EnemyMine only for an episode]], expect her to be reluctant about it at best. Typically, the DAG still falls prey to that old saw about [[WomenAreWiser women being wiser than men]],[[note]]"wise" in this case can mean "cunning" or "devious"[[/note]] and is more likely to lock horns with males in her camp. She typically acts as the EvilCounterpart to an ActionGirl, and the two will often get into a DesignatedGirlFight. |
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| 18 | {{Faux|ActionGirl}} Dark Action Girls are not unheard of, but very rare. This is probably because the standards the decade or culture sets for women usually don't apply to villains, and also because, regardless of gender, a villain who needs to be rescued by other villains would be utterly pointless from a narrative perspective, and being evil she doesn't earn her sympathy points for being captured. |
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| 20 | Do not confuse with ''DarkMagicalGirl'', who is more likely to be an AntiVillain and thus more sympathetic. They are also supposed to be foils to a heroic MagicalGirl and possibly her friend [[DefeatMeansFriendship after being defeated]]; neither of which is the case with this trope. A Dark Magical Girl really just wants to be loved, while the typical Dark Action Girl would much rather be feared. |
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| 22 | !!Example subpages: |
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| 24 | [[index]] |
| 25 | * DarkActionGirl/AnimeAndManga |
| 26 | * DarkActionGirl/{{Literature}} |
| 27 | * DarkActionGirl/VideoGames |
| 28 | [[/index]] |
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| 31 | !!Examples: |
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| 35 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 36 | * ''ComicBook/AdventureTimeCandyCapers'' has Agent Princess, who pretends to be a female TuxedoAndMartini secret agent but is actually just a pyromaniac psychopath. |
| 37 | * ''ComicBook/{{Casanova}}'': Zephyr Quinn is Casanova's EvilTwin and a hedonistic master thief. |
| 38 | * Most of the main characters in the Creator/ChaosComics universe were these, as they helped kickstart the BadGirlComic craze of MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks. The most famous were ''ComicBook/LadyDeath'' and ''ComicBook/{{Purgatori}}''. |
| 39 | * ''Franchise/TheDCU'': |
| 40 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': The [[ApparentlyHumanMerfolk Atlantean]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Clea]] of Venturia has most of the same SuperStrength as the likes of Aquaman and [[Characters/AquamanSupportingCast Mera]], and can consequently get physical with the best of them. |
| 41 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': |
| 42 | *** Characters/{{Harley Quinn|TheCharacter}} started off as this as a CanonImmigrant from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. However due [[BreakoutCharacter her extreme popularity]], DC wisely separated her from [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] and gave her some AdaptationalHeroism. Now she's an [[CuteAndPsycho unstable]] AntiHero who will aid the Justice League. |
| 43 | *** Punchline was created to be Harley's replacement as Joker's DarkMistress and ironically has a far less joyful personality than her. |
| 44 | *** [[Characters/BatmanLadyShiva Lady Shiva]] is generally regarded as the deadliest martial artist in ''Franchise/TheDCU''. When Matt Thorne, the Crime Doctor, is on the run from the criminals he has betrayed, he asks for sanctuary from [[ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey Oracle and her team]]. Injured and hurt, Thorne sees Shiva and remarks "Holy Mother of God. I'm almost honored they sent her to kill me." |
| 45 | *** [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] started as one and continued to be for several decades. But after DC decided to revamp their back catalogue of villainesses to have more female heroes Ivy got some AdaptationalHeroism in the ComicBook/New52 and following comics, she became a GreenThumb AntiHero instead of an eco-terrorist. |
| 46 | ** [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al-Ghul]] fits the criteria along the TropeCodifier for DaddysLittleVillain being the daughter of [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al-Ghul]] though her relationship with Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}} has conflicted her loyalty. Unlike Ivy and Harley however, Talia ''does not'' become a nicer and more heroic person over time, instead [[TookALevelInJerkass turning into quite the]] [[AbusiveParents abusive]] EvilMatriarch to her son Damian [[spoiler: to the point of arranging his death at the hands of her son's clone]]. |
| 47 | *** Tim Drake foe Scarab, who fought him when he was both ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}} and ComicBook/RedRobin, was an accomplished assassin and fighter both in and out of her powered armor and commanded respect among criminals worldwide. |
| 48 | ** ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Bleez from the Red Lantern Corps uses ThePowerOfHate and initially Carol Ferris aka Star Sapphire from the Star Sapphire Corps who uses ThePowerOfLove [[note]] in the DCU the Embodiment of the Love Aspect in the Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum is more that AxCrazy {{Yandere}} style of obsessive love rather gentler affectionate kind of love [[/note]]. Although Carol does HeelFaceTurn to good. |
| 49 | ** ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'': Superwoman from the JLA’s AlternateUniverse counterpart [[Characters/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaCrimeSyndicate The Crime Syndicate of America]] is a very notable and powerful Dark Action Girl and TheVamp, especially in her ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2'' revamp where she’s an evil CompositeCharacter of Lois Lane and Wonder Woman. In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' she’s an evil composite of Diana and [[Characters/ShazamMarvelFamily Mary Marvel]] instead. |
| 50 | ** ''ComicBook/SecretSix'': [[Characters/SecretSix Scandal]] first appears to simply be a MiddleManagementMook. However, she's shown to be extremely dangerous in combat, quite possibly insane, and very hard to kill (and it's revealed that her father is the immortal supervillain [[Characters/DCComicsVandalSavage Vandal Savage]]). |
| 51 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': |
| 52 | *** Superman's female Kryptonian foes [[DarkMistress Ursa]] and [[StrawFeminist Faora]] definitely fall under this. Funnily enough they used to be the same Dark Action Girl before becoming a DecompositeCharacter and then would ''Film/ManOfSteel'' re-composite them into the same character again. |
| 53 | *** [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] has Hope and Mercy, his team of [[BodyguardBabes female bodyguards]]. |
| 54 | *** ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} enemy Lucy Lane, aka Superwoman. She was a soldier before being subjected to experiments which gave her Kryptonian-like powers. Nonetheless, she's fixated on getting her father's approval, whatever the cost. In ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'' her obsession has turned her into an amoral monster who will do anything to please him, caring for nothing more. |
| 55 | *** In ''ComicBook/SupermanSupergirlMaelstrom'', the titular villain is a skillful, powerful female warrior who serves the god of tyranny faithfully and obsessively. |
| 56 | ** ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': |
| 57 | *** [[Characters/TeenTitansCheshire Cheshire]] is an evil BadassNormal action girl and ProfessionalKiller who mostly fights using [[MasterPoisoner a wide variety of poisons]], to the point even [[FemmeFatalons her nails]] are [[PoisonedWeapons coated in poison]]. |
| 58 | *** Rose Wilson, aka Ravager, is the most badass girl they've had on the roster. Previously, she worked for [[Characters/{{Deathstroke}} Deathstroke the Terminator]], one of the DCU's top assassins (and also her father), though she eventually realized how messed up her relationship with him was. |
| 59 | *** [[DishingOutDirt Terra]] the DoubleAgent is revealed to be this, as she works for the aforementioned Deathstroke. Many adaptations since have made her a more likeable and tragic character. |
| 60 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': |
| 61 | *** As [[Characters/WonderWomanCheetah Cheetah]] [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Priscilla Rich, Debbie Domaine]] and [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Barbara Minerva]] were each deadly fighters and manipulators with malicious intentions, Pris was even working for Imperial Japan and the Nazis before she ever donned an animal-themed costume. |
| 62 | *** Another Wondy villainess Giganta definitely counts as this being a GiantWoman who serves as the female version of TheBrute for Lex Luthor alongside Cheetah. Although Giganta is more of a PunchClockVillain compared to other examples. |
| 63 | * ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'': Destrii. She begins a HeelFaceTurn after being beaten to a pulp by her father figure, the BigBad, for [[HeelFaceTurn daring to side with the Doctor]]. |
| 64 | %%* ''ComicBook/FreddyVsJasonVsAsh'': Maggie Burroughs post-FaceHeelTurn in ''Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors''. |
| 65 | * ''ComicBook/{{Hound|2014}}'': |
| 66 | ** Eva leads a band of seaweed-clad warriors called the Kelpies to attack anyone who attempts to reach the Isle of Skye. She later fights her estranged mother, Skye, to take control of the latter's school. |
| 67 | ** Maeve, the warrior queen of Connact, leads her army and those from the east and south to invade Ulla. She effortlessly hurls a spear at Morrigan as they march through a river, exposing the goddess' disguise as she turns into a crow. Near the end of the story, she leads a surprise attack on Cú Cullan with a short sword. |
| 68 | * ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'': Anissa, a female Viltrimite, spends most of the comic as a particularly nasty one. She also serves as a disturbing subversion of the VillainessesWantHeroes trope [[spoiler: as being stronger the protagonist Mark she brutally rapes him in order [[StalkerWithATestTube to impregnate herself]], granted she does become TheAtoner later on but how much she [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil deserves]] to be forgiven is still highly debatable]]. |
| 69 | * ''ComicBook/LadyDeath'': The series has a decent amount. ComicBook/{{Purgatori}} (a powerful vampire goddess), Stigmata (a HumanoidAbomination), and the Death Queen. The title character as well, as she was originally a VillainProtagonist. |
| 70 | * ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraTurfWars'': Jargala. Leader of the Creeping Crystal Triad? Check. Fearless even on the brink of defeat? Check. She'll fit right in. |
| 71 | * ''Creator/MarvelComics'': |
| 72 | ** ''ComicBook/BlackOrder'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsBlackOrder Promixa Midnight]] is one, being part of Thanos's [[EliteMooks Black Order]]. She's even taken on the likes of The Hulk and Characters/LukeCage in a fight. From the same group there's also Yabbat Ummon Turru aka Black Swan who's gone on to work for [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] as well. |
| 73 | ** ''ComicBook/BlackWidow'': The Black Widow started out this way in the early ''ComicBook/IronMan'' comics (albeit a less physical Dark Action Girl), but once the brainwashing from the KGB wore off she heel-turned to good and has mostly stayed that way since. |
| 74 | ** ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': |
| 75 | *** Madame Viper, TheBaroness of [[Characters/MarvelComicsHydra Hydra]] (hell she [[OlderThanTheyThink inspired]] ''Franchise/GIJoe''’s Baroness herself!). She's a particular effective and evil Dark Action Girl and unlike a lot of other Marvel examples listed she is seriously lacking any sympathetic or heroic traits whatsoever, as several of her plans with Hydra reach FinalSolution-level evil. |
| 76 | *** Sin, {{da|ddysLittleVillain}}ughter of the [[Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull Red Skull]] and just as evil as her father. She even took up his mantle as the new Red Skull for a while. |
| 77 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': |
| 78 | *** For a while, it seemed that [[Characters/DaredevilCentralRoguesGallery Typhoid Mary]] was going to be this. Then she went and soared merrily over the MoralEventHorizon, diving right into her current [[AxCrazy personality]]. |
| 79 | *** Speaking of Daredevil, [[Characters/{{Elektra}} was introduced as a Dark Action Girl who worked for The Hand but turned to heroism after falling in love with a certain blind lawyer vigilante, before Bullseye famously killed her. Years since after getting resurrected, being a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor switching between AntiHero and DarkActionGirl and getting replaced with a [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion Skrull]] for a while, Elektra becomes a hero for real and even takes up the mantle of Daredevil to prove to Matt once and for all that she’s turned over a new leaf. |
| 80 | ** ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'': The series feature several powerful Dark Action Girls and in as Karla Sofen aka Moonstone, Deidre Wentworth aka Superia (both of whom are a FlyingBrick who imitate [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]]) and June Covington aka Toxie Doxie who takes aliases of Scarlet Witch. Subverted with Victoria Hand, although she’s an impressive BadassNormal and does fight the actual Avengers alongside Norman Osborn, [[BeingEvilSucks her heart isn’t in it]] as a TokenGoodTeammate and is pardoned by Captain America after Osborn is defeated and joins the heroes. |
| 81 | ** ''ComicBook/TheDefenders'': Ruby Thursday of The Headmen, a supervillainess with a gelatinous red [[OrganicTechnology organic computer]][=/=]ShapeshifterWeapon for a head.[[note]]In later appearances (and DependingOnTheWriter) the rest of her body is made of a less malleable form of the same goo, giving her some limited HealingFactor.[[/note]] While she looks exactly as strange as that description makes it sound, she leverages her mental and physical fortitude into a career as a highly competent GeniusBruiser. |
| 82 | ** ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': |
| 83 | *** [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Gamora]] started off as this in the [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]] comics as the loyal adoptive [[DaddysLittleVillain daughter]] of [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos Thanos]] before she betrayed him for Warlock. Then again Gamora still walks the line between this and the more traditionally heroic ActionGirl as even when working alongside the heroes in ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' or ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' she's still extremely violent, caring more about self-preservation and taking revenge against those who wronged her than actually doing the right thing. She's not called "The Most Dangerous Woman in the Galaxy" for nothing. |
| 84 | *** [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Nebula]] is another space example, but unlike her aforementioned "sister" Gamora, Nebula has ''firmly stayed on the side of evil'' having attacked the good guys on multiple occasions and even destroyed the entire planet of Xandar. In ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' once she's freed from Thanos's torture she takes the Infinity Gauntlet for herself and tries to kill everyone before Adam Warlock stops her. |
| 85 | ** ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': |
| 86 | *** Betty Ross when she's BrainwashedAndCrazy as Harpy and Red She-Hulk. Although she soon gets better in later comics, even if her relationship with [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner Bruce]] remains as troubled as ever. |
| 87 | *** Vapor of the U-Foes has SuperSmoke powers and serves as a EvilCounterpart to Sue Storm although she’s never met or fought Sue once in any comic. |
| 88 | ** ''ComicBook/IronMan'': Madame Masque, the DaddysLittleVillain of Count Neferia, is a notable one, being a BadassNormal who hides her FacialHorror behind a golden mask. Due to being a BrokenBird with a SanitySlippage she still wears the mask even after her face is healed. |
| 89 | ** ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': |
| 90 | *** [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheEnchantress Amora the Enchantress]] is a prominent example of this, as she's joined [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]] on their various evil plots and especially enjoys hurting certain attractive female heroes whom she perceives as rivals [[VainSorceress to her own beauty]]. She's not completely evil however [[VillainessesWantHeroes as she does love]] [[Characters/MarvelComicsThorOdinson Thor]] and did genuinely care for The Executioner as she nearly destroyed Yggdrasil in grief after his death. |
| 91 | *** [[Characters/TheMightyThorGiants Hela]] is certainly this and unlike Amora, Hela's [[PetTheDog nicer qualities]] are almost nonexistent. She's the EvilQueen of TheUnderworld who has frequently tried to claim the souls of Asgard as her own and brought on mass destruction and death in her many battles with Thor and has even appeared on Earth to corrupts mortals. In more recent comics Hela even tried to shack up with [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos Thanos]] and despite ultimately being rejected by him, she still [[NotGoodWithRejection sought to resurrect him]], after Gamora killed him since she believes they are the perfect dark couple. |
| 92 | ** ''ComicBook/ScarletWitch'': The Characters/ScarletWitch was a downplayed version of this originally when she first appeared in early ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics as part of her adoptive father [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]]'s brotherhood. Though it's important to note Wanda was ForcedIntoEvil by her Magneto and gladly heel-faced turned to The Avengers at the first opportunity. While she does have her BrainwashedAndCrazy and WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds moments, Wanda remains on the side of good. |
| 93 | ** ''ComicBook/SheHulk'': [[Characters/SheHulk Titania]] has similar degrees of superhuman strength and endurance as She-Hulk. She has since [[TookALevelInKindness turned over a new leaf]] in ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' along with her husband Crusher Creel. |
| 94 | ** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': |
| 95 | *** Characters/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}}, one of [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spider-Man]]'s love interests. Her HeelFaceTurn is often a BatmanGambit, her betrayals less an indication of her turn than the prime motivator all along. Though she doesn't need love in her life, she can appreciate it when it's there and remembers it fondly after abandoning it, which is why she doesn't return to the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor by whacking the Hero. |
| 96 | *** In ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan2018'', Peter would run into a [[AmazonBrigade whole team]] of Dark Action Girls the Syndicate, some of whom are DistaffCounterpart to the [[Characters/MarvelComicsSinisterSix Sinister Six]]. The team consists of the leader Janice Lincoln the [[LegacyCharacter fourth Beetle]], Lady Octopus, Scorpia, Electro (Francine Frye), Trapstr and White Rabbit. |
| 97 | *** Shriek, most famous for being [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage]]'s DarkMistress in ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' counts as this with her [[SuperScream Sonic Scream]]. In later comics she teams up with fellow Dark Action Girl Ruby Headsman (see below). |
| 98 | *** On the topic on [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Symbiotes]] and Carnage, from the Life Foundation QuirkyMiniBossSquad Scream and Agony count as this being Dark Action Girls empowered by the Venom Symbiote. |
| 99 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'': The series has heaps of Dark Action Girls (a lot of whom eventually turned good) such as Songbird, Gypsy Moth, Figment, Man-Killer, Satana, Quicksand, Black Mamba, Jolt, Pretty Persuasions, Black Widow (Yelena Belova), Joystick and Kobik (who famously turned Captain America into a Hydra agent). Subverted with Black Widow though who turns out be Natasha going undercover as Yelena. |
| 100 | ** ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Black Widow is the ActionGirl of the Ultimates, and turns out to be a traitor, killing Hawkeye's family and Jarvis. |
| 101 | ** ''ComicBook/XMen'' |
| 102 | *** [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]] was this originally when she worked for Mystique and her introduction in ''Avengers Annual'' #10 did not paint her in a good light as she gleefully ran roughshod over the Avengers her with PowerParasite ability, having just brutalised [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]] and tossed her off a bridge. She went on to fight the X-Men and others several more times before absorbing some of ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}'s memories and having an [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone epiphany]] at which Rogue left Mystique for the X-Men [[TheAtoner to atone]] and the rest is history. Rogue's appearance and personality also marks her change from Dark Action Girl to Good Action Girl, as she originally looked like a butch middle-aged woman with crow's feet who was pretty AxCrazy but after her heel-turn to good she [[ProgressivelyPrettier became]] [[MsFanservice a bombshell]] who was willing to risk her life for her allies at the drop of a hat. |
| 103 | *** [[Characters/MarvelComicsEmmaFrost Emma Frost]] in her introduction during the ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'' was very much this. She was introduced as an EvilCounterpart to [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] and had pretty much no redeeming qualities as she worked for the Hellfire Club and had no qualms torturing her fellow Mutants. After Jean beat her, Emma continued being a villain possessing Storm, clashing with the ComicBook/NewMutants and made an alliance with [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]]. It wasn't until ''The Phalanx Covenant'' and ''ComicBook/GenerationX'' that Emma decided to turn over a new leaf and be a more righteous character and like Rogue eventually joined the X-Men, though she still remains a very unpleasant person to be around. She can easily switch back to Dark Action Girl though as seen in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' or when she joins the Cabal. |
| 104 | *** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMadelynePryor Madelyne Pryor]] aka the Goblin Queen, a clone of [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] created by Mr. Sinister with a good deal of CloneAngst and an AxCrazy streak. In ''ComicBook/{{Hellions}}'', she leads a CloneArmy to attack the mutant paradise Krakoa for rejecting her before being defeated and killed. |
| 105 | *** [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]] usually dresses in dark colors, is often emotionally standoffish, and is willing to kill and torture to achieve her goals, even ''after'' joining the X-Men and attempting to turn her life around. However it's been increasingly downplayed over time, and while she's still able to kill if she has to, thanks to CharacterDevelopment it's more and more her last resort. By the beginning of ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'' she's verging on outright becoming TheCape. |
| 106 | *** Lady Deathstrike is another X-Men Dark Action Girl and EvilCounterpart to Wolverine with her Adamantium-laced FemmeFatalons. Although she’s spent most of comic appearances as a villainess with an IrrationalHatred of Wolverine, in later comics she begrudgingly decides to be a hero alongside other [[WolverineWannabe Wolverine-alikes]] and even joins ComicBook/XForce for a while. |
| 107 | *** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]]. Though [[VoluntaryShapeshifting her powers]] don't offer any real advantage in a fight, she's a skilled martial artist who supplements her physical prowess with an arsenal of firearms. She [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder frequently]] makes fake {{Heel Face Turn}}s that turn out to be {{Batman Gambit}}s to screw the X-Men over, and when she betrays them, she naturally shoots or beats the shit out of whichever X-Man she'd gotten especially close to while she was [[EvilAllAlong "good"]] (See ComicBook/{{Iceman|MarvelComics}}. And Forge, ''twice''.). Somehow they always fall for it, because she's ''just that good'' at deceiving and manipulating people. In current comics Mystique is a begrudging ally to Xavier and Magneto, paying off her evil debts in order to get [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes her wife]] Destiny resurrected. |
| 108 | * ''ComicBook/TheScorpion'': Both Mejai, a HotGypsyWoman MasterPoisoner, and Ansea Latal, a swashbuckling DefectorFromDecadence. |
| 109 | %%* ''ComicBook/TheSecretHistory'': Reka. |
| 110 | * ''ComicBook/SinCity'': Mariah. She mostly appears in ''Hell And Back'' as a deadly assassin who has a rivalry with [[TheVamp vampish]] Blue Eyes, also a part of the same guild. |
| 111 | * ''ComicBook/SnowWhiteZombieApocalypse'': Rapunzel is a super badass, but also dark and troubled. She annihilates The Big Bad Zombie Wolf with her bare hands, but also leaves him alive in multiple pieces. Prince Charming even accuses her of "Slipping" which implies she's losing her sanity. |
| 112 | * ''ComicBook/{{Thorgal}}'': Kriss of Valnor is beyond greedy, but her badassness matches Thorgal's, ''which is '''really''' saying something''. |
| 113 | * ''ComicBook/TrakkMonsterHunter'': Miss Rapture is a deadly female warrior who's in league with [[BigBad Vaquoul]]. |
| 114 | * ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'': Noriko, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Blood Princess]]. |
| 115 | * ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'': Thanks to the [[GenderCide premise]], the series has several examples as villains. Most notably, there's Alter and her AmazonBrigade, the (unrelated) Daughters of the Amazon, Toyota, and Hero, [[spoiler:who makes the rare HeelFaceTurn]]. |
| 116 | ** ''Especially'' Toyota. |
| 117 | [[/folder]] |
| 118 | |
| 119 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 120 | * [[DaddysLittleVillain Princess Aura]] in the original ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon'' comic strips. She was the daughter of the EvilOverlord Ming, and had a [[{{yandere}} complicated]] relationship with Flash that made her help him several times, but literally torture him at others. Either way, she was competent and dangerous in a fight. |
| 121 | [[/folder]] |
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| 123 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 124 | * ''Fanfic/ActionPack'': The only villains to appear as of now are women, Joystick, Iron Maiden, Snapdragon, and Quake. [[spoiler: Both Joystick and Iron Maiden actually get one over on Spider-Man and they both get Black Fox to let them go, and coincidentally it takes both of them to take them down. And though she only has one actual appearance, Quake still goes head to head with Kira and can hold her own.]] The only real let down, the 'Faux Dark Action Girl' is Snapdragon. |
| 125 | * The Prowler in ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'' is HellBentForLeather, badass enough to go toe-to-toe with Spider-Man, and has eluded all of Japan's greatest Heroes, including [[WorldsGreatestWarrior All Might]], for years. |
| 126 | * ''Fanfic/BecomingATrueInvader'': Tak is TheDragon, and a skilled enough fighter to match Gaz, who is the best fighter on the heroes' side of things. |
| 127 | * [[spoiler: Kyoka Suigetsu]], the (apparent) BigBad of the ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8222340/1/Chasing-the-Moon Chasing the Moon]]''. |
| 128 | * [[OriginalCharacter V]] in ''Fanfic/ACureForLove''. She is an [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] trained by Wammy's House [[spoiler: and the BigBad]]. |
| 129 | %%* ''WebVideo/DragonBallAbridged'': [[spoiler: Dodoria]] is one. |
| 130 | * ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'' has Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}}'s enemy Badra. Cunning, murderous and ruthless, Badra is a Hatorian alien, which means she's powerful enough to fight Diana hand-to-hand, and is perfectly able to survive and fly across space on her own. |
| 131 | * ''Fanfic/AGrowingAffection'' has the [[AxCrazy Reaper of Shinobi]], and [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan Kohaku]]. |
| 132 | * ''Fanfic/HarmonyTheory'': |
| 133 | ** Charisma is a pegasus pony born with a "Killer Mark", which makes her a natural born BloodKnight, who is instantly told the best ways to kill everypony in her immediate vicinity (Whether she wants to or not.) as well as a former member of the Solar Kingdom Special Forces. This has lead to becoming an [[TheDreaded infamous and feared]] PsychoForHire and [[TheDragon chief enforcers]] to one of the {{Big Bad}}s, who a said to be invincible in a fair fight. |
| 134 | ** One of the two main villains of the story is Nightmare Umbra, a nigh unstoppable PhysicalGod, believed by many to be the [[WarGod living embodiment of war itself]] and wielding a vast arsenal of magic from simple SuperStrength and SuperSpeed to being able to create armies of undead. |
| 135 | * In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', Satan Girl is Kara's dark side embodied and non-fettered by a conscience or human compassion and empathy. She's inhumanly powerful and lives to destroy. |
| 136 | * ''Fanfic/KaijuRevolution'': Kamacuras, Kumonga and the Vagnosaurus matriarch are all very powerful fighters, but are more malevolent than the other female kaiju. |
| 137 | * ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'': [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Faora Hur-Ul]] is the most lethal Kryptonian woman alive. In addition to her Kryptonian powerset she is a powerful martial artist as well as a telepath and fulgurkinetic. |
| 138 | * In ''Fanfic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'': |
| 139 | ** Dr. Wily brainwashes a cosmetics robot to attack and humiliate Roll, and sics Doris the maid on Dr. Light. |
| 140 | ** Nomad would have been this if she had stayed with Wily. |
| 141 | ** Splash Woman is also this; in addition to her brainwashing powers, she packs a plasma staff. |
| 142 | * ''Fanfic/MortalKombatVsMarvelUniverse'': |
| 143 | ** Cassie is the most prominent example from the heroes' side, being this in the main story and the omakes, due to being the host of the dark half of the Phoenix Force. |
| 144 | ** Kitana is also this, stemming from being an assassin and former revenant. |
| 145 | * Olga Discordia (pre-HeelFaceTurn) from ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' is the ArcVillain of the ''Assault of the Black Fortress [[StoryArc Arc]]'', as well as the second belligerent of the [[ForeverWar centuries-old war]] against Eostia due to a [[KillAllHumans burning hatred of the human race]]. Aside from wearing dark-coloured clothing, she once offered the AlwaysChaoticEvil orcs a city of her own kind, the dark elves, for their [[RapePillageAndBurn entertainment]] in order to have them join her ranks. Olga is [[RankScalesWithAsskicking the most powerful among her forces]] due to her [[LadyOfBlackMagic magical prowess]] capable of rivalling [[GodEmperor Celestine's]] own, so powerful that at least one of the battles between the two caused much devastation to the lands (which leads to the both of them wordlessly agreeing not to directly face each other in battle). The remastered version [[AdaptationalBadass buffs her up a bit]], allowing her to hold her own against the [[WorldsStrongestMan world's strongest]] LightningBruiser Kyril [[CurbStompCushion for a while]]. |
| 146 | * C'ren Bieber of ''Fanfic/OneLessLonelyGurl'' is this and a VillainProtagonist, despite being a GirlyGirl who refuses to wear black. |
| 147 | * Iva Kann from ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires'' is a Kree warrior groomed since her childhood into becoming a killing machine. |
| 148 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' fic ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'', Jade is trying to fit this trope, with magic mixed in with physical ability, [[spoiler: but has been weakened in a recent chapter, and is planning on recovering and taking a [[TookALevelInBadass Level In Badass]] or two before entering the fight directly again]]. |
| 149 | * Tiffany Stevens in ''FanFic/TheSecretLifeOfTheBackyardKids.'' |
| 150 | * [[BloodKnight Amber Sheen]] in the ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/SomeSemblanceOfMeaning''. |
| 151 | * Victoria Kati Ahart starts out as one in the ''Film/StarTrek2009'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9694363/1/Safe-and-Sound Safe and Sound]]'', being one of Khan's followers and all, but she gets better as the story goes on. By extension the other woman follower, Cleopatra Suzette Ling, is most likely one too, but doesn't get the chance to show off her skills like Victoria does. |
| 152 | * "[[BigBad Cinder]]" from ''Fanfic/ValesUnderground'', while preferring to work from the shadows, is more then capable of taking on anyone who challenges her. When [[BigBadWannabe Adam Taurus]] attempts to take her place as the top mob boss, she beats him down. |
| 153 | * Crimson Flame in the ''[[Fanfic/TheEventideVerse Eventide Verse]] WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fic ''A Moonlit Storm'' is a member of the villainous group called the Thunderstrikes. She's a kirin, but unlike [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E23SoundsOfSilence canon]] kirin, she embraces her fiery nature and fights by wreathing her hooves in flame before striking out with them a la Shego. She's also vicious, bad-tempered, [[FantasticRacism racist]], and [[spoiler:ultimately proves to be treacherous toward her allies once she gets her hooves on a source of additional power.]] |
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| 158 | * Helga Sinclair from ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', as she can hold up a nasty, especially towards her former boss Rourke for betraying her for his greed. |
| 159 | * In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInPrincessPower'', Kara's cousin Dark Sparkle is Super Sparkle's rival and they quickly try to outdo each other. |
| 160 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndHarleyQuinn'' has [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] as one of the film's main villains and is pretty good in a fight. Harley Quinn was one before she retired. |
| 161 | * Andrea Beaumont from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'' combines this trope with being a FemmeFatale BrokenBird. Averted in most of the movie, considering that [[spoiler: nobody is even aware the Phantasm is ''female'' until the final act]]. |
| 162 | * ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'' has Karasu and Washi, Kubo's aunts who serve as CoDragons to the Moon King. The two are extremely formidable opponents to Kubo as they pursue him relentlessly throughout the film. While Karasu is taken out of the film midway through, Washi sticks to near the end and manages to singlehandedly kill both Monkey and Beetle (the former of whom performs a HeroicSacrifice to [[TakingYouWithMe take out the both of them]]), forcing Kubo to face the actual BigBad alone. |
| 163 | * Shenzi, Zira, and Vitani are nonhuman ones from ''Franchise/TheLionKing'' films. Shenzi is a hyena and one of Scar's henchmen (and it's implied that she's the leader of her entire clan). Zira is Scar's former mate, and tries to avenge his death by leading the Outlanders into war with the Pride Lands. Vitani loves to fight, does the most damage to Simba during the ambush, and holds her own against Nala. |
| 164 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'' has [[BigBad The Storm King's]] main enforcer Tempest Shadow, a unicorn mare that abandoned Equestria and turned evil, after her horn was broken in half as a child, making her magic dangerously unstable and ostracizing her from the other ponies. Throughout the film, she's shown [[CurbStompBattle easily defeating pretty much any thing in her way]] do to a mix of being surprisingly strong, a skilled fighter, and the fact that while her damaged horn can't cast most spells, ''it can'' [[CursedWithAwesome unleash explosive blasts of energy]]. |
| 165 | * Maleficent from ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' is the formidable BigBad and ultimately the OneWingedAngel opponent to Prince Phillip in his final battle to save Aurora. |
| 166 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': [[Characters/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse Doc Ock]] is a lethal fighter who almost beats several versions of Spider-Man in combat. |
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| 170 | * ''Film/ThreeHundredRiseOfAnEmpire'': has Artemisia, the leader of the Persian Fleet and their most skilled warrior, who has [[ItsPersonal a vendetta against the Greeks]]. During the finale battle of the film she personally enters the fray while DualWielding a pair of swords, easily cutting down any Greek warrior in her way until she finally gets to [[TheHero Themistocles]]. |
| 171 | * Selina Kyle aka Catwoman in ''Film/BatmanReturns'' after suffering a psychotic breakdown. She has no qualms about [[CombatPragmatist winning by cheating]], [[PsychopathicManchild jumps rope while she destroys a department store]], and ''[[CatsHaveNineLives survives fatal situations multiple times]]''. |
| 172 | * ''Film/BladeRunner2049'' has Luv, [[BigBad Wallace's]] top Replicant enforcer, who is shown to be a very skilled and sadistic fighter, at one point [[spoiler: destroying K's [[KissMeImVirtual virtual girlfriend]]]] in front of him, after she got the drop on the heroes. |
| 173 | * ''Film/BloodRayne'': [[spoiler:Katarin]] becomes this after her FaceHeelTurn, while a couple female minor vampire characters are also fighters. |
| 174 | * Leilah, the elf terrorist and BigBad in ''Film/{{Bright}}''. Imagine if [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]] used modern-day weaponry instead of bow and arrow, was a girl and evil, and you'd get her. |
| 175 | * ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'' introduces us to Shatter, the first female [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Decipticon]] to brought to film and the BigBad of the film's plot. While she generally prefers to be the [[BrainsAndBrawn brains of the operation, and leave her partner Dropkick to be the brawn]], she is no less of a sadist than he and is shown to be more skilled dealing with the titular [[WeakButSkilled Bumblebee]] . |
| 176 | * The Picts in ''{{Film/Centurion}}'' have two. The first is also an archer though she can more than hold her own in hand-to-hand combat. The second is [[spoiler: Etain]] who is described as more like an animal than a human. |
| 177 | * ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian2011'': Marique is a good fighter using her WolverineClaws, and fights alongside her father Khalar Zym. |
| 178 | * ''Film/CrimesOfTheFuture2022'': Berst and Dani are young women who masquerade as [[WrenchWench technicians]]. It turns out they're really both assassins, who kill their targets with [[ThisIsADrill power drills]]. |
| 179 | * ''Film/CutToTheChase'': Nola immediately shows she's one by deftly fighting off Max when he tries to stop her, thinking he's been sent after her by the Man. [[spoiler:It turns out she's a hitwoman who worked for the Man, and is very capable.]] |
| 180 | * The BigBad of ''Film/CryOfTheWerewolf'' is Celeste, a Werewolf who murders a museum curator to prevent him from publishing a book about her family's secrets. She also has minions including [[TheRenfield a museum janitor]] and [[spoiler: the protagonist's love interest, whom she hypnotizes into giving a false confession, and also plans on turning into another Werewolf]], but she mainly uses her minions for spying on her enemies or sabotaging their investigations, preferring to do all the violent murdering herself with her Werewolf powers (including [[spoiler: [[YouHaveFailedMe executing said janitor]] after he got his fingerprints on a crime scene]]). |
| 181 | * ''Film/CutToTheChase'': Nola is a hitwoman who has murdered multiple people in the past for her boss The Man. She had beaten up and kidnapped Izzy, [[DomesticAbuse her]] [[DepravedBisexual girlfriend]], too when the latter tried to leave her. Then later once Max comes to rescue Izzy, she fights him before he kills her. |
| 182 | * The ''Franchise/DieHard'' series has Katja in ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance'' and Mai Linh in ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard''. Both of them are martial artists and the girlfriend of a more cerebral BigBad, serving as his [[TheDragon Dragon]]. |
| 183 | * Viper from ''Film/{{Doomsday}}'', although her most memorable scene was not fighting but lighting a man on fire in order to cook him for the hungry crowd. |
| 184 | * ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'': Sofina is the main villain of the story, who's a very skilled Red Wizard who fights off the heroes on her own, stabbing Holga with a knife as well. They only defeat her with guile. |
| 185 | * ''Film/TheFamilyPlan'': [[spoiler:Gwen]] turns out to be a trained assassin like Dan, his former colleague and girlfriend. Another of the assassins whom Dan kills is also a young black woman. |
| 186 | * ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald'': Vinda Rosier, Gellert Grindelwald's loyal lieutenant, who murders a Muggle family in cold blood, and expresses a desire to kill every single Muggle. |
| 187 | * Gisele starts off as this in ''Film/FastAndFurious'', before her HeelFaceTurn. Though disappointingly, the only action she really gets to do in the film is very briefly firing at some SWAT team members at one point. |
| 188 | ** ''Film/FastAndFurious6'' has Vegh, one of Shaw's henchmen, who drives a heavily modified vehicle designed to ram and flip-over other cars. |
| 189 | ** There is also [[spoiler: Agent Riley Hicks, [[TheMole Shaw's mole in Hobbs/Dom's team]] and possibly the single most skilled female fighter in the series, as Letty desperately has to use [[CombatPragmatist everything she has at her disposal]] just to hold her own, let alone actually beat her]]. |
| 190 | ** Also Letty herself, who had a FaceHeelTurn and joined Shaw's, [[spoiler: after losing her memories and disappearing, after supposedly dying two films ago]]. Though luckily, she's [[HeelFaceTurn back on the hero's side]] by the end of the film. |
| 191 | ** ''Film/Furious7'' has Kara, an implied BloodKnight and the leader of an Abu Dhabi billionaire's personal AmazonBrigade security force, who can fight [[ActionGirl Letty]] to a draw. |
| 192 | * Leather-clad Tatiana - TheDragon in ''Film/FinalScore'' - uses a submachine gun, kickboxing skills and a combat knife during a prolonged battle with the hero. |
| 193 | * Ni Chang from ''Film/TheForbiddenKingdom'', the "[[WhiteHairBlackHeart White-Haired Witch]]" and a minion of the Jade Warlord who nearly kills Lu Yan and easily outmatches Jason. |
| 194 | * Captain Phasma from ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' is a subversion. As the leader of the stormtroopers you'd expect her to be a formidable opponent for the heroes, but she never fights and gets captured easily. She has better luck showing off her skills in the expanded universe and in ''Film/TheLastJedi'', she gets into a fight with Finn and proves to be fair match [[spoiler:albeit, only for a little while]]. |
| 195 | * TheBaroness from ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''. Slick leather outfit, tall boots, and two guns, she is a crossover with the FemmeFatale, as she seduces quite a few characters, but her usual MO is kicking butt. Counterpart to GI Joe operative Scarlett. Disappointingly, she turns out to be Brainwashed and AxCrazy and not doing it purely ForTheEvulz. |
| 196 | * ''Film/TheGingerweedMan'': One of the villains in the movie, is Smokahontas, a girl in black who works for F.U. Tech, trying to get buddy. She has no qualms abut killing people with hatchets and her arm-mounted crossbow. |
| 197 | * Bellatrix Lestrange from the ''Film/HarryPotter'' series, who is just as much of a HeroKiller as her book counterpart and even more AxCrazy. |
| 198 | * Many, many bad [[Film/JamesBond Bond]] girls, but particularly the gleefully murderous [[Characters/GoldenEye Xenia Onatopp]] (Creator/FamkeJanssen) in ''Film/GoldenEye'', Mayday (Creator/GraceJones) in ''Film/AViewToAKill'' and Fiona Volpe (Creator/LucianaPaluzzi) in ''Film/{{Thunderball}}''. |
| 199 | * Dr. Ilsa Hayden in ''Film/JudgeDredd''. She has a CatFight with ActionGirl Judge Hershey. |
| 200 | * The ''Franchise/JohnWick'' series has a few examples, among the ''many'' different assassins that appear in the series: |
| 201 | ** Ms. Perkins from ''Film/JohnWick'', is not only a competent assassin, but also one of the most ruthless and sadistic characters in the whole film. Unlike the other assassins, she does ''not'' obey [[EvenEvilHasStandards the rules set by The Continental.]] [[spoiler: [[KarmicDeath This ultimately turns out to be a bad idea.]]]] |
| 202 | ** Though she is not nearly as badass as John or [[{{Foil}} Cassian]], Ares, [[TheDragon the chief enforcer and bodyguard]] to Santino, the BigBad [[Film/JohnWickChapter2 of the sequel]] also qualifies and actually manages to give John a pretty even fight for awhile. The key word being awhile. |
| 203 | ** The sequel also has the unnamed "violinist assassin", one of the many assassins who go after Wick, after Santino [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder inevitably betrays him.]] Though she loses, she does manage to wound Wick, making his confrontations with the proceeding assassin, all the more difficult. |
| 204 | * Most of the predatory dinosaurs in the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' franchise could count, due to the scientist only creating females to help control their population. These include the iconic [[Film/JurassicPark T-Rex and Velociraptors]] and [[Film/JurassicWorld the I-Rex]]. |
| 205 | * ''Film/KickAss2'' has [[HuskyRusskie Mother Russia]], a super strong OneWomanArmy and TheDragon, who is shown taking out ten police officers by herself and [[LittleMissBadass Hit Girl]]. The two [[DavidVersusGoliath fight]] in the climax, as they are the only ones in the film that are shown to be capable of taking the other on. |
| 206 | * ''Film/KillBill'': O-Ren Ishii, Elle Driver, and Vernita Green were all part of [[AmazonBrigade The Deadly Vipers Assassins]], the same team our [[ActionGirl heroine]] was on and are all shown to be at least on par with her. |
| 207 | ** The first film also has Gogo Yubari, [[CuteAndPsycho psychotic]] [[LittleMissBadass seventeen year old girl]] working under the aforementioned O-Ren Ishii, who in the present, has become a Yakuza boss. She [[EpicFlail a huge Meteor hammer like weapon with retractable saw blades]] that probably weighs more than ''she does''. |
| 208 | *** Probably of note is that the The Crazy 88s, O-Ren's personal {{mooks}}, have a fair amount of female members in general. |
| 209 | ** We [[OneSceneWonder briefly]] meet another female assassin in the second film, named Karen Kim, who ambushes [[spoiler: Beatrix]] in her hotel room with a shotgun. |
| 210 | * A fast and ruthless combatant, Gazelle from ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'' is a very capable fighter. Of her opponents only [[CombatParkour Eggsy]] is even able to land a scratch on her. [[spoiler: Good thing a scratch was all he needed.]] |
| 211 | * ''Film/LadyMacbeth'': Katherine. [[spoiler: She ends up poisoning her father-in-law, bludgeoning her husband to death and smothering her ward with a pillow.]] |
| 212 | * ''Film/ManOfSteel'' has Sub-Commander Faora-Ul, Generals Zod's [[TheDragon second in command]] and one the Kryptonian Invaders' most skilled combatants. |
| 213 | * ''Film/MarsAttacks'': The Martian Girl is the only known female troop in the Martian army. She's one of the more competent soldiers. |
| 214 | * ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:'' |
| 215 | ** Natasha Romanoff a.k.a ComicBook/BlackWidow used to be an assassin for the Soviets prior to doing her HeelFaceTurn. As seen by her [[Film/BlackWidow2021 solo movie]] Nat’s adoptive sister Yelena, her adoptive mother Melina [[spoiler: Taskmaster aka Antonia]] and many other women of the Black Widow program used to count as this as well before defecting like Nat [[spoiler: or escaping from brainwashing.]] |
| 216 | ** ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'' has [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Nebula]], the [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul cyberneticly enhanced]] enforcer and adopted daughter of [[GreaterScopeVillain Thanos]], who has a personal grudge [[CainAndAbel against her "sister"]] resident ActionGirl and member of the titular team ComicBook/{{Gamora}}. [[spoiler: Though by the [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 sequel]], she starts to mellow out and even becomes a sort of semi-teammate.]] |
| 217 | ** Gamora also used be one, similar to Nebula, before joining the Guardians. |
| 218 | ** Several members of The Zealots from ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}'' are female. |
| 219 | ** [[Characters/TheMightyThorGiants Hela]], the BigBad of ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' is one [[{{Pun}} hell]] of a Dark Action Girl. She dresses in a skin-tight black and green bodysuit, keeps her nails long (and painted black) and wears copious amounts of ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow. Oh, and she can wipe the floor with anyone. ''Anyone''. [[spoiler:Well, except [[AlwaysABiggerFish a fire demon the size of a small mountain.]]]] More than that, she is a [[OneManArmy one-woman army]] who can slaughter entire armies single-handedly and without even breaking a sweat. |
| 220 | ** Proxima Midnight, from ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', is another female warrior and member of [[BigBad Thanos']] adopted children, who's shown holding her own against several members of the Avengers throughout the film, but unlike Nebula and Gamora who very begrudgingly followed Thanos, Proxima seems no less devoted to his goals than he. |
| 221 | ** ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' introduces us to Ava Starr/Ghost, a deadly, ruthless, highly intelligent, and extremely athletic thief with {{intangibility}} powers. She fights on even footing with both Scott and Hope at multiple points throughout the film, and even overpowers them on a few occasions. [[spoiler: Though its eventually revealed that [[AntiVillain she only does what she does out of desperation, as her powers are rapidly killing her]] and stealing the Pym family's particle technology may be the only way save herself.]] |
| 222 | ** ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' has [[spoiler: Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch making her FaceHeelTurn following the events of ''Series/WandaVision'']] and serving as the BigBad of this film, where she proves to be quite possibly the most dangerous villain since Thanos. Bringing The Masters of The Mystic Arts to its knees and [[spoiler: [[HeroKiller slaughtering nearly all of another Universe's version of The Illuminate]]]]. |
| 223 | * Ms. Clinton in ''Film/{{Momentum|2015}}'' is a skilled (and rather sadistic) member of a CleanupCrew whose first action is to kickbox a man into submission. It's not until the climax when she really gets to shine, though. After [[MadeOfIron she survives a bomb blast]], the bloody-faced killer takes on and defeats multiple security guards armed with truncheons and sidearms. And she starts the fight ''without a weapon''. [[spoiler: This toughie only goes down when a CombatPragmatist shoots her in the head.]] |
| 224 | * ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy'': |
| 225 | ** Anck-su-namun / Meela Nais is shown to be an even match for [[ActionGirl Evy]] in modern times and even manages to defeat her in ancient times. [[spoiler: Unfortunately in modern times, she proves herself to be a DirtyCoward who runs when the going gets tough.]] |
| 226 | ** Choi from ''The Dragon Emperor'' is a competent soldier and [[TheDragon lieutenant]] to General Yang, [[spoiler: and unlike Anuck-su-namun, is brave enough [[AlasPoorVillain to die trying to save General Yang, after the latter gets caught between large wooden wheels]]]]. |
| 227 | * Princess Ahmanet from ''Film/TheMummy2017'' is shown to be a skilled combatant, even before she became an undead mystical creature, managing to win a sparring match back in Ancient Egypt against a larger opponent. |
| 228 | * ''Film/{{Nighthawks}}'': Shakka is a Moroccan woman who serves as Wolfgar's assistant and accomplice in his terrorism. She's cold and ruthless like him, murdering [[spoiler:Hartman]] while later holding people hostage with Wolfgar. He warns them not to expect mercy from her or underestimate Shakka because she's a woman. |
| 229 | * ''Film/{{Pistolera}}'' blasts her way through a drug cartel on a murderous RoaringRampageOfRevenge. As a VillainProtagonist, she straddles the line between being a straight ActionGirl and this trope. |
| 230 | * ''Film/{{The Princess|2022}}'': Moira, [[BigBad Julius]]' mistress, is equally skilled to the princess and Linh with use of her long whip. She's TheBaroness and wears [[EvilWearsBlack dark clothing]], giving both of them a very hard fight. |
| 231 | * The Russian gangster, Mona Demarkov, in ''Film/RomeoIsBleeding'' is a particularly ruthless and sadistic example, without the benefit of magic powers or WaifFu. |
| 232 | * ''Film/RushHour'' ''2'' has Hu Li, the female enforcer for The Triads, who manages to quickly defeat and injure Isabella in their DesignatedGirlFight, before almost killing Detective Carter with a sword, and at the end of the movie [[spoiler: tries to [[TakingYouWithMe take the heroes out with her, using a bomb]]]]. |
| 233 | * ''Film/TheScorpionKing'': From the second movie onwards, every entry includes an evil female warrior to have a DesignatedGirlFight with the {{Love Interest|s}}: |
| 234 | ** Astarte in ''Rise of a Warrior'' as an evil goddess of {{love|Goddess}} and {{war|God}} that actually serves as the movie's GreaterScopeVillain due to [[BigBad Sargon]] being her worshiper. She does fight against Layla briefly. |
| 235 | ** Tsukai in ''Search for Redemption'' is a [[MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil undead summoned by the Book of the Dead]] to kill Mathayus and trades blows with Princess Silda. |
| 236 | ** Chancara in ''Quest for Power'' is a fierce cage fighter whom Valina is forced to fight against in order for her and her allies proceed into their quest. |
| 237 | ** Khensa in ''Book of Souls'' is arguably the darkest and most brutal example in the series, being a crazed Jackal Warrior with no reservations about killing children just because she felt like it. Unusually, she doesn't fight the {{love interest|s}} (since she is a non-fighter) and Tala is TheLancer instead. [[spoiler:And it's [[TheHero Mathayus]] who kills her instead for personal reasons.]] |
| 238 | * Whenever it's a woman beneath the Ghostface mask in a ''Film/{{Scream}}'' film, she's inevitably this on account of her being able to brutally kill multiple people. |
| 239 | ** ''Film/Scream2'': [[spoiler:Nancy Loomis, despite being a middle-aged woman who doesn't look like an imposing killer]], manages to drag a man into a news van and stab him to death. Furthermore, while she scored far fewer confirmed kills than her accomplice, she was the ringleader of the entire murder spree. |
| 240 | ** ''Film/Scream4'': [[spoiler:Jill Roberts]] is, like the last female killer, the mastermind of the plan despite killing fewer people than her accomplice. During the climax, [[spoiler:she also puts herself through hell to pull off a convincing WoundedGazelleGambit and get people to think she was the FinalGirl, and then, upon finding out that Sidney is still alive, gets out of her hospital bed to finish the job like a true {{determinator}}]]. |
| 241 | ** ''Film/Scream2022'': Sam Carpenter is a heroic example, a dark, troubled counterpart to the ActionSurvivor Sidney who's [[spoiler:the daughter of the first film's lead killer Billy Loomis]] and has a deeply bloodthirsty streak to her, most notably when [[spoiler:she kills the BigBad in an exceptionally violent manner before [[SwipeYourBladeOff wiping her blade]] in true Ghostface fashion]]. As for the killers, [[spoiler:Amber Freeman]] is a PintSizedPowerhouse who acts as the main muscle of the duo with the most confirmed kills, the most brutal one being when she stabs a man in the front and back with two knives that she then pulls up his torso to [[GuttedLikeAFish gut him]]. |
| 242 | * ''Film/{{Skyscraper}}'' has Botha's female lieutenant Xia. She kills numerous police officers and security guards throughout the movie (including two at the control facility she effortlessly demolishes with a mixture of martial arts and gunfire), callously murders the team's hacker after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he did his job and was afterwards more of a liability]], and [[spoiler: she would have strangled [[ActionMom Sarah]] to death near the end of the film, if not for Inspector Wu's intervention]]. |
| 243 | * ''Film/SpecialFemaleForce'': One of the BigBad's lieutenants is a female gangster called Tung Zi, who stands out due to her exotic looks in a Hong Kong film, wearing [[HellBentForLeather dark leather clothing]], being [[TattooedCrook covered in tattoos]] and having [[DreadlockWarrior long dreadlocks]]. |
| 244 | * ''Film/{{Stiletto}}'': Penny is on the bad guys' side, and fairly good at fighting. She brutally attacks Raina near the end, with the latter managing to take her down. |
| 245 | * ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'': |
| 246 | ** Harley Quinn is the right-hand girl of [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] and according to Amanda Waller, may be just as crazy and even more dangerous than him. In the film, she's able to keep up and fight on even terms with the rest of the team, despite having no powers, being significantly smaller than most of them, and presumably not having any formal combat training, ''and'' only being armed with a [[RevolversAreJustBetter .357 revolver]], a mallet and a baseball bat. |
| 247 | ** There's also the BigBad of the film, The Enchantress, a {{Physical God}}dess capable of easily decimating a city and posing a huge threat to the world, and even without using her powers, is able to fend off the whole squad on her own. |
| 248 | * [[RobotGirl The T-X (Terminatrix)]] from ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' is the first "female" Terminator robot of the saga. She was designed by Skynet to combat reprogrammed Terminator units. To wit, she is much stronger, much tougher, and capable of overriding the reprogramming done by the Resistance, and John Connor even calls her an "Anti-Terminator-Terminator". In terms of technology, she's a composite of the T-800 and the T-1000 -- she's liquid metal over an endoskeleton, making her more stable than the T-1000, as well as being able to carry on-board weapons, and is still able to shift her appearance to impersonate other people, making her a LightningBruiser. [[MurderousThighs Her thighs are capable of crushing bones with pressure greater than an industrial hydraulic press.]] And she wears a [[LadyInRed red]] [[HellBentForLeather leather catsuit]] in her default form. |
| 249 | %%* Lori is this in both the original ''Film/{{Total Recall|1990}}'' and [[Film/TotalRecall2012 the remake]]. |
| 250 | * Lola from the ''Film/{{Transporter 2}}'', could also double as PsychoForHire. |
| 251 | * Selene from ''Film/Underworld2003'' fits this trope quite nicely until she realizes that she's been fighting the wrong war. |
| 252 | * Dracula's three brides become this in ''Film/VanHelsing''. Marishka is killed off pretty early but Verona and Aleera really prove to be quite the thorn in the protagonist's side. |
| 253 | * ''Film/WerewolvesWithin'': [[spoiler:Cecily]] turns out to be the werewolf, who's a cunning, fierce enemy as well who takes a lot of killing at the end before she's killed. |
| 254 | * ''Wolf Warrior II:'' Athena is one of the villainous PrivateMilitaryContractors. Handy with a pistol and a sniper rifle and middling in a fist fight, but her most actiony moment is ramping a motor bike up onto the roofs of some shanties and then jumping from the bike onto a speeding 4x4 and trying to smash her way in. Probably the girlfriend of Great Bear, TheBrute of the bunch. |
| 255 | * ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': |
| 256 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]] in the original trilogy is a lethal assassin, and her super-agility gives her a great advantage over her foes during combat. She's a manipulative seductress who's not ashamed to kick lots of ass with [[SheFu acrobatics]] and [[KickChick kicks]]. In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', she's a main villain in 1973 and kicks even more ass. |
| 257 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Lady Deathstrike. RavenHairIvorySkin, [[AloofDarkHairedGirl stoic]], [[DressedToKill dark clothes]], agile and ''literally'' sharp. This may be subverted though, given that she's actually being mind-controlled by [[BigBad William Stryker]]. |
| 258 | ** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': Callisto is basically Magneto's replacement for Mystique and fights Storm twice with her SuperSpeed. |
| 259 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': Viper is a vicious poisoner and martial artist to the point that even men don't mind fighting her. |
| 260 | ** ''Film/Deadpool2016'': Angel Dust can hold her own against Colossus. |
| 261 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 262 | *** [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]] wields enough power to [[spoiler:attack Jean, Cyclops and Beast simultaneously and was overpowering Scott in their BeamOWar]]. |
| 263 | *** [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]] is trained in both sword fighting and martial arts. She goes toe-to-toe with Beast and almost kills him. |
| 264 | ---->'''Creator/OliviaMunn''': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XMYMPZuOts Psylocke is very lethal,]] and she's not afraid to get her hands dirty. |
| 265 | [[/folder]] |
| 266 | |
| 267 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 268 | %%* Ana Espinosa from ''Series/{{Alias}}''. |
| 269 | * ''Series/TheAmericans'': Elizabeth Jennings, undercover KGB agent and one of the two protagonists of the show. While masquerading as a travel agent and ordinary suburban mother of two children in the US, she is willing to kill in cold blood, poison a woman's son to force her to work for the KGB, and lie to her own children about what her and her husband Phillip actually do for a living, among other morally dark acts. |
| 270 | * Sarah Corvis in ''Series/BionicWoman'' is a prime example. She teaches the ActionGirl protagonist just so that she can fight her later. Sarah also seems to like to drop hints, though it's been shown she does have a motivating [[VillainousCrush romantic interest]]. |
| 271 | * ''Series/BirdsOfPrey2002'': |
| 272 | ** Harley Quinn is the BigBad and she's skilled in combat. |
| 273 | ** Shiva is a female thief turned assassin who's in one episode as the villain. |
| 274 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': |
| 275 | ** Faith is half this, half DarkMagicalGirl. Her abilities are action-based, not magical, and the fights between Buffy and Faith are adrenaline-spiked highlights among the series' many action sequences. Directors, stunt directors, actresses, and stunt doubles always seemed to go all out whenever one of these scenes came up. At the same time, her issues are much more of the DMG vein, and she is eventually redeemed DMG-style in a two-part episode of ''Angel''. However, even after Faith returns and joins up with Buffy, the two constantly butt heads, often violently. |
| 276 | ** [[TheVamp Darla]]. While in flashbacks, she's less action-y and more just plain ''evil'', during the first season, she was The Master's [[TheDragon Dragon]]. That is, until she died. |
| 277 | ** GodOfEvil Glory should be mentioned, seeing as she was the BigBad of a season. |
| 278 | ** Wishverse Buffy, to the point where Faith is LighterAndSofter. |
| 279 | ** [[FallenHero Dark Willow]] can counts as well though it was temporary. She was able to confront Buffy in a close-ranged fight using her powers in addition. |
| 280 | %%* Fiona Glennane from ''Series/BurnNotice'' is one of the rare exceptions of this trope to do a HeelFaceTurn. |
| 281 | * ''Series/CriminalMinds'': [=UnSub=] Miranda Jakar from "Outfoxed" was a survivor of the Srebrenica massacre who turned {{Child Soldier|s}} and later "family annihilator"-style SerialKiller. Cornered by the BAU she engaged [[TheBigGuy Morgan]] in a fistfight and was overpowering him when he managed to shoot her with her own gun. |
| 282 | * ''Series/{{Deputy}}'': "10-8 Do No Harm" features a female villain named Rose, who impersonates a deputy sheriff, murders an actual deputy on being spotted and takes hostages along with her prisoner boyfriend in a jail infirmary to get him released after he gets life-saving surgery. She's quite ruthless and not hesitant about shooting people or threatening them in the least. |
| 283 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 284 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E15PlanetOfTheDead "Planet of the Dead"]]: Lady Christina de Souza is a ClassyCatBurglar who's much more morally ambiguous than most companions. The Doctor doesn't seem to mind too much. |
| 285 | ** [[spoiler:Melody Pond ''was'' one of these, since she was a psychopathic TykeBomb raised to kill the Doctor. She does perform a HeelFaceTurn and becomes River Song, though.]] |
| 286 | * ''Series/Dracula2013'': Lady Jayne singlehandedly kills two vampires in the London Underground and decapitates a third later on. She's a high-ranking member of the Order of the Dragon, a secret society that has been [[AncientConspiracy covertly manipulating Western civilization for centuries]]. |
| 287 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Ramsay's companion Myranda is shown to be highly proficient with a bow when she hunts with him. |
| 288 | * ''Series/InFromTheCold'': Gaia, who Svetlana replaced Jenny with, shows great combat skill like her. She's her EvilCounterpart basically. |
| 289 | * Sqn Ldr Knox from ''Series/InvasionEarth'', who has no qualms about employing the JackBauerInterrogationTechnique on [[CurbStompBattle a man in a hospital bed]]. |
| 290 | %%* Raji in ''Series/TheFamilyMan''. |
| 291 | * ''Series/KungFu2021'': Zhilan is a very evil Chinese woman who's after the artifacts. She is a deadly martial artist who killed Pei-Ling and goes toe to toe with Nicky, Pei-Ling's later student, without difficulty. Zhilan wears black in her first appearance too, fittingly. |
| 292 | * [[ColdSniper Cold-blooded]] Israeli assassin Mikel Dayan in ''Series/{{Leverage}}''. She's more of a PunchClockVillain than anything else though. |
| 293 | * Vlad from season 4 of ''{{Series/Lexx}}''. Most of her scenes with Kai involved her beating the snot out of him. |
| 294 | * ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': |
| 295 | ** The three priestesses from Rhun. Do not get fool by them dressing up in white gowns, they belong to a dangerous cult worshipping Sauron. Two of them are specialized in weapon wielding, while their leader is a powerful LadyOfBlackMagic. The fight one of the Istari, and get temporary defeated by him. |
| 296 | ** The female warg slaver kept by Orcs is a mad beast that gets several people killed when they try to escape. |
| 297 | ** Presumably, some of the Orcs are females, but they are probably so deformed that is impossible to distinguish them from the males. |
| 298 | * Starting with season 3 of ''Series/Merlin2008'', Morgana Pendragon goes from a PrincessClassic to an EvilSorcerer. After learning that king Uther is her father, having to hide her own magic, feeling extremely isolated in Camelot for years, being poisoned by Merlin, and after being taken away by Morgause for a year, she returns as a vengeful and resentful black magic wielder. She becomes the main villain for the rest of the show and is powerful enough to go toe to toe with Merlin. |
| 299 | * ''Series/TheNightAgent'': Ellen, ''oh'' so much. A skilled, ruthless assassin, her pure black hair and SlasherSmile cement the trope. |
| 300 | * ''Series/OctoberFaction'': Alice, the main antagonist of the series, is a female warlock who's skilled in combat (though she uses magic mostly). She takes down multiple armed male opponents with relative ease when they hunt her. |
| 301 | * ''{{Series/Pandora}}'': Tierney, whose good with both guns and unarmed combat, while being part of the criminal Hypatia Syndicate. She's basically Jax's evil counterpart. |
| 302 | * ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' has quite a few of these: Scorpina, Archerina, Astronema, Trakeena, Vypra, and Tenaya 7, just to name some of the most prominent. |
| 303 | %%* Miss Parker from ''Series/ThePretender''. |
| 304 | * ''Series/PrincessSilver'': Hen Xiang, whose actions include almost murdering Zhao Yun and fighting a duel with Fu Chou. |
| 305 | %%* Gretchen Morgan from ''Series/PrisonBreak''. Really ''dark'' action girl. Do ''not'' mess with her. |
| 306 | %%* Isabella Gisborne from ''Series/RobinHood''. In the end she kills Robin Hood. |
| 307 | * ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': |
| 308 | ** CorruptCorporateExecutive [[TheBaroness Tess Mercer]] has repeatedly demonstrated that, in addition to being an expert ManipulativeBastard and [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]], she is not a slouch in the physical department either, having fought [[WaifFu Lana]], [[ActionGirl Lois]], [[BadassNormal Green Arrow]], [[FourStarBadass Zod]], and fellow Dark Action Girl [[AxCrazy Mad]] Harriet on relatively equal footing (she had to cheat against Zod by using Kryptonite brass knuckles; still, the fact that she devised and built ''Kryptonite brass knuckles'' is pretty badass in and of itself!). |
| 309 | ** Harriet and the [[AmazonBrigade Female Furies]] also fulfill this trope, as did Lana when possessed by [[WickedWitch Isobel Thoreaux]]. |
| 310 | * ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': Narissa, a Zhat Vash operative and TheDragon in Season 1, is a competent combatant, but she's outclassed by Elnor's SuperReflexes and Seven of Nine's superior strength. |
| 311 | * ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' has had plenty throughout its run. |
| 312 | ** Salome in ''Series/BattleFeverJ'' is a covert agent and assassin for Secret Society Egos. She's [[WorldsStrongestWoman powerful]] enough she can take on every single member of Team Battle Fever. |
| 313 | ** ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'' has the Zero Girls, an [[AmazonBrigade all-female]] quarter of spies who act as enforcers for [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Black Magma]]. Later on they're joined by Amazon Killer, who's powerful enough to take on all three members of Sun Vulcan at once. |
| 314 | ** Dr. Mazenda in ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'', particularly after she upgraded herself into "[[CyberneticsEatYourSoul Machine Mazenda]]". She was strong enough to overwhelm [[TheLeader Red Falcon]] initially, to the point where he resorted to tricking her into using up all her ammo to give himself a fighting chance. |
| 315 | ** Space Ninjas Furabiijo and Wendinu in ''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger''. One episode shows Wendinu gets much stronger and [[MakeMyMonsterGrow grows giant]] whenever she's angry or stressed, to the point where she's able to decimate both the Hurricanegers and Gouraigers in their HumongousMecha. |
| 316 | * ''Series/{{Swarm}}'': Dre is a female serial killer who's pretty skilled at killing people. Mostly she [[AmbushingEnemy ambushes them]]. |
| 317 | * ''Series/TidelandsNetflix'': Leandra murders Zach Maney in her very first scene, displaying unusual strength while doing so as she picks up Maney [[NeckLift by his neck]]. She also later beats up ActionGirl heroine Cal. Leandra appears to be Adrielle's main enforcer and bodyguard. |
| 318 | %%* Ebony of ''Series/TheTribe''. She was also TheBaroness and a female MagnificentBastard. |
| 319 | * ''Series/UtopiaUS'': Colleen, Mike's wife]], turns out to be a sleeper agent for the Harvest, and she beats Jessica in their fight before being shot by someone else. |
| 320 | %%* Katherine Pierce from ''Series/TheVampireDiaries''. |
| 321 | * ''Series/{{Willow|2022}}'': Scorpia, leader of the [[BanditClan Bone Reavers]], is skilled with a knife and unarmed combat. {{Downplayed|Trope}} however as it turns out she's more of an {{anti villain}}. |
| 322 | * ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'': |
| 323 | ** Callisto, Xena's EvilCounterpart. She does pull a HeelFaceTurn later in the show's run, actually. It takes divine intervention, though. It requires Xena -- who, at this point, had died and become an Archangel -- to take on all of Callisto's sins and suffering, thus damning herself to Hell for all eternity. This removes all of Callisto's memories of being evil, which, not coincidentally, leaves her with more or less no memory of her life after turning twelve. Then when Callisto is reincarnated, it happens to her all over again, including the HeelFaceTurn, as Livia/Eve, except she doesn't lose her memories. |
| 324 | ** And, of course, Xena was one herself prior to her HeelFaceTurn. |
| 325 | [[/folder]] |
| 326 | |
| 327 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 328 | * Slymenstra Hymen, Estrogina Lugubrious, and Vulvatron of Music/{{GWAR}}. |
| 329 | * Music/{{Megadeth}}'s eponymous "She-Wolf", a vicious beast woman and wicked seductress. |
| 330 | -->One look in her lusting eyes!\ |
| 331 | Savage fear in you will rise!\ |
| 332 | Teeth of terror sinking in!\ |
| 333 | The bite of the She-Wolf! |
| 334 | [[/folder]] |
| 335 | |
| 336 | [[folder:Mythology & Religion]] |
| 337 | * The lion goddess Sekhmet in Myth/EgyptianMythology. She also was given titles such as the "(One) Before Whom Evil Trembles", "Mistress of Dread", "Lady of Slaughter" and "She Who Mauls". In a myth about the end of Ra's rule on the earth, Ra sends Sekhmet to destroy mortals who conspired against him. Sekhmet's blood-lust was not quelled at the end of battle and led to her destroying almost all of humanity, so Ra poured out beer dyed with red ochre or hematite so that it resembled blood. Mistaking the beer for blood, she became so drunk that she gave up the slaughter and returned peacefully to Ra. |
| 338 | * The Morrigan of Myth/CelticMythology was known for being a war and death goddess. She's certainly on humanity's side as DarkIsNotEvil for the Celts, but she was also a BloodKnight who loved to throw a wrench in human wars by fighting for whoever was winning...[[TheChessmaster and then fucking something up so the other side would start winning.]] Her name meant either "Great Queen" or "''Great Terror''", and her most infamous moment was being responsible for the death of Ireland's greatest hero because he was too tired for a one-night stand. |
| 339 | * "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Black Goddess]]" Kali of Myth/HinduMythology has shades of this. She comes out when Durga [[AxCrazy loses her composure]] and is a BloodKnight. An example of this would be whenever she devoured a demon who could regenerate FromASingleCell and the following bloodlust caused her to do a victory dance that caused earthquakes throughout several worlds, but she still calmed down in the end. However she's firmly in DarkIsNotEvil territory as she usually only comes out to play whenever the gods have to kick the asses of especially evil beings. |
| 340 | * The Keres of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek Mythology]] are goddesses of violent death who feed on the blood of sick, dying and traumatized men they find on the battlefield. They'll even fight over their prey if there isn't enough to go around. It's been noted by scholars that they're the EvilCounterpart to Valkyries. |
| 341 | [[/folder]] |
| 342 | |
| 343 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 344 | * [[Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} Miss Texas]] continued to beat up men in USWA after her FaceHeelTurn, although she proved [[RedemptionPromotion to be more effective as a face]], as the story changed from her being tough enough to take offense from men and give it right back to them being [[WouldntHitAGirl reluctant to fight her until she attacked enough]]. |
| 345 | * Among the {{evil foreigner}}s of Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, there was Wrestling/{{Chyna}}, who was notable for working in a region with a much stricter male-female divide than say, The International Wrestling Federation or [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} World Wrestling Federation]] in the North East United States. She was about the same size as later breakout star [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Prince Devitt]], possibly stronger than him, almost as agile and easily as evil. |
| 346 | * The six foot, 200 pound [[WrestlingMonster vampire]] Rio Storm in California's Ultimate Pro Wrestling, though she ended up subverting this trope by [[HeelFaceTurn turning face]] and teaming up with [[Wrestling/DavidHeath Gangrel]]. Before that though, they had tried to bring Melissa Coates and the aforementioned Chyna to deal with her and she was frequently considered a de facto heavyweight title contender (for reference, ''Wrestling/JohnCena'' held that belt). |
| 347 | * La Tigresa after her [[OvershadowedByControversy infamous arrest]], resulting FaceHeelTurn and the end of WWC's women's division saw her harass the male baby {{face}}s as a manager. Not many managers till then would keep interfering in matches even after the faces struck them with metal objects, nor could many managers [[NeckLift choke slam]] the opposition of their clientele. |
| 348 | * Wrestling/MsChif started out in Gateway Championship Wrestling as a manager but when she started wrestling she ended up going on an undefeated streak, mostly at the expense of men, through use of [[JackOfAllStats deceptive strength, speed, flexibility and agility]], though she was more remembered [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown for continuing to attack after victories]]. But in the event a man could come up with a sound strategy in a match up, [[CombatPragmatist she was perfectly willing to break rules]]. And if ''that'' didn't work TagTeam partner [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]] would usually run in on her behalf. In these ways she was built up to face one of the main faces, Billy [=McNeil=]. |
| 349 | * While the Triple Tails' entry into SMASH was to ultimately result in a showdown between The World Famous Wrestling/{{Kana|koUrai}} and her self described ArchEnemy Syuri, the first targets of the Tails were Makoto and Yusuke Kodama, demonstrating no member of the roster was safe. After Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri ran off the assailants, Kana and The Sexy Purple Sisters made their mission the elimination of him and any other old men like him they could find. Triple Tails endured after the SMASH promotion folded, spreading across the Japanese circuit, adding Ayumi Kurihara, Mika Iida, and Shu Shibutani to their ranks in the process. |
| 350 | * Wrestling/CelticChampionshipWrestling in Ireland has the appropriately named Raven Creed - who just loves to attack and antagonise everyone in sight. She also has a very 'dark' appearance, wrestling mostly in [[DarkIsEvil black]]. She's so violent she's able to be a {{Heel}} in intergender matches - when women are usually {{Face}}s. |
| 351 | * In Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}, rivals Wrestling/SaraDelRey and Wrestling/DaizeeHaze had both beaten all the other regular and semi-regular female wrestlers on the CHIKARA roster, and were frustrated that their careers weren't advancing while they faced each other repeatedly. So when Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli formed Wrestling/DieBruderschaftDesKreuzes, Del Rey and Haze both joined up with it and proceeded to take their frustrations out on the male CHIKARA roster. Del Rey in particular, being as big and strong as the male wrestlers[[note]]Del Rey was 5 foot 10 and in the neighborhood of 170 lbs, making her slightly ''bigger'' than the average male CHIKARA worker[[/note]], was a force to be reckoned with. This led to the Bruderschaft's downfall, as Castagnoli became intimidated by Del Rey and worked to make sure she didn't overshadow him. In the end Del Rey and Haze were kicked out of the Bruderschaft. Haze suffered a career ending injury[[note]]in-character, she really retired due to health issues[[/note]] and Del Rey proceeded to turn face and run Castagnoli out of CHIKARA. |
| 352 | * Recently, numerous WWE female wrestlers (particularly Wrestling/RheaRipley and Wrestling/ShotziBlackhart) have broken the clean-cut mold of the WWE Women's Division with edgier and darker looks as well as tattoos and piercings. |
| 353 | [[/folder]] |
| 354 | |
| 355 | [[folder:Roleplay]] |
| 356 | * ''Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG'': Silencia Venemosa is a ruthless bounty hunter who single-handedly ruined two major corporations by foiling a heist on one, a sequence of events that resulted in the deaths of four small-time criminals, both [=CEOs=], and at least two innocent bystanders (though neither actually died by ''her'' hand). The untold story of what she did at Dacta Corporation is said to be even worse. |
| 357 | * ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'': There are quite a few characters who fit this trope such as GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Adela, [[spoiler:LadyOfBlackMagic Desdemona]], EvilMentor Endoran, PsychoLesbian Etna, DarkMessiah Glaurung, Nina, TheBaroness Shyralis, PerkyFemaleMinion Tarna, [[spoiler:[[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Demon Lady]] Vaetris]], LadyOfWar Varalia, and PsychoForHire Zenobia. |
| 358 | * ''Roleplay/TheGunganCouncil'': Common for evil women. Notable examples include Xyra Sizhran, a manipulative Stormcommando. |
| 359 | * ''Roleplay/OpenBlue'': |
| 360 | ** A recurring character from v2 to v4 was [[GratuitousGerman Kapitänin]] Karla Weir. She worked for a 19th-century equivalent of UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, was rumored to perform raids on colonies belonging to fellow member states of TheFederation, and was frequently called on by [[CloakAndDagger intelligence officer]] and literal [[TheBaroness baroness]] Rhianna von Adolph to help her with carrying out the occasional dirty work. |
| 361 | ** Rhianna herself qualifies, being a highly-skilled knife wielder armed with a [[SchizoTech diamond-coated]] combat knife. Unlike Karla, she makes a comeback in v5, if only reduced to a backstory role. |
| 362 | * A fair amount of villains in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' fit this, on at least two occasions, being a homage to [[Literature/BattleRoyale Mitsuko Souma]]. Examples include Angelina Kaige (v1), Mariavel Varella (v2), Melina Frost (v3), Clio Gabriella (v4), Reiko Ishida, prior to CharacterDevelopment (v4), and countless others. |
| 363 | [[/folder]] |
| 364 | |
| 365 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 366 | * ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has several, from the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Pyhrexian]] general and HeroKiller Tsabo Tavoc to the AntiHero {{necromancer}} Liliana Vess, to the [[CircusOfFear Cult of Rakdos]]' Maze Champion Exava. |
| 367 | * ''TableTopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has Szuriel, Seraph of Devastation, and Horseman of War. Once a fallen paladin, she now represents all of war's worst aspects, and of all the evil female deities is the one who most frequently gets physical. |
| 368 | * From the [[EvilCounterpart Dark]] [[OurElvesAreDifferent Eldar]] of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', comes the wyches, each one a [[HellBentForLeather leather bound]] [[BloodSport gladiatrix]] with a well-earned penchant for murder. The greatest of them and the absolute queen of this trope (to her fans at least) is [[OneManArmy Lelith Hesperax]], who can murder an enemy squad ''before they can even fight back''. She's so badass, an in-joke is that her ''hair'' counts as a [[LaserBlade power weapon]]. |
| 369 | ** There's also Lady Malys, also of the Dark Eldar, who goes for more of the "Dark LadyOfWar" approach. She's been compared to a MagicalGirl anime villain, razor-edged steel fan and all. |
| 370 | ** Also, while wyches are not exclusively female, a majority of them are. The Dark Eldar value skill and potential above all else, so there are [[EqualOpportunityEvil virtually no gender barriers]]. That also means that the Dark Eldar can hold this trope to every career path, from [[MadScientist Haemonculus]] to [[EliteMooks Incubus]] to [[EvilOverlord Archon]]. |
| 371 | ** Their [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} fantasy counterparts]] are just as hardcore - only they replace the BloodSport aspect with a [[ReligionOfEvil Blood Cult]]; they're referred to as the "Brides of Khaine" (he's the elven god of murder). |
| 372 | [[/folder]] |
| 373 | |
| 374 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 375 | * Lynette Fromme and Sara Jane More in ''{{Theatre/Assassins}}''. The title of the play makes it rather obvious as to why these two ladies fit the trope, even if Fromme is the most incompetant assassin on the stage. |
| 376 | * The Witch from ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' placed a curse on TheHero and his wife before the events of the show, [[AbusiveParents practically abused her daughter, Rapunzel]], by locking her in a tower for years, and cut off Rapunzel's hair and banished her into the desert. While the Witch had to work with the heroes for a time, she was the first cast member to start taking initiative when the true BigBad started killing everyone, and was dead set on sacrificing Jack to the Giantess. Then, towards the end of the show, [[spoiler: she curses the heroes when they all confront her, throws away her magical beans, and vanishes, possibly [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]]]]. And on top of all that, she's got ''attitude''. She is, however, one of the more sympathetic versions of this trope: She apparently really did care for Rapunzel, despite having no idea how to properly raise her, and is devastated (and sees her attempts to keep her away from the prince confirmed as correct) when [[spoiler:Rapunzel is trampled on by the giant's wife, killing her]]. |
| 377 | [[/folder]] |
| 378 | |
| 379 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 380 | * If the gangster hijacker on ''Ride/TheGreatMovieRide'' at [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney's Hollywood Studios]] is played by a woman, than she falls under this, as she directly gets involved in a mob war and keeps a gun on her at all times. |
| 381 | [[/folder]] |
| 382 | |
| 383 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 384 | * ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'': Lariska is an energetic ninja-like bounty hunter/assassin. The leader of the Dark Hunter organization could only keep her in check by cutting off her left arm as punishment, [[ArtificialLimbs replacing it with a robotic one]]. Not really a PunchClockVillain, as she will work for the good guys, but not enjoy it. Sadly, [[ToylessToylineCharacter we don't know what she looks like]]. |
| 385 | * ''Toys/CliveBarkersTorturedSouls'': Lucidique is notable in that she starts out as a more standard ActionGirl, going from an idealistic young woman who wants to save Primoridum from its corrupt ruler, to a vengeful, inhuman AntiHero who'll slaughter anyone who so much as annoys her. |
| 386 | [[/folder]] |
| 387 | |
| 388 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 389 | * ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': |
| 390 | ** Rider embraces this image, [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope although]] she does show a nice side -- how much depends on the scenario. Her alignment is ChaoticGood. [[DarkIsNotEvil Seems one doesn’t actually have to be evil to be a Dark Action Girl]]]]. |
| 391 | ** AntiVillain Caster. |
| 392 | ** [[spoiler:[[TheDarkSide Saber Alter]]]]. |
| 393 | * [[spoiler:VillainProtagonist Saya]] from ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta''. |
| 394 | [[/folder]] |
| 395 | |
| 396 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 397 | * ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': |
| 398 | ** Tex in is not only the only woman in blood gulch (until much later), but also the only capable soldier. She's technically on the side of the Blue Team, which doesn't stop her from abusing and scaring the shit out of her allies. She is also the one character who wears black armor. |
| 399 | ** Every female Freelancer counts on one level or another, especially [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder South, who shoots her own brother in the back in a jealous rage]]. |
| 400 | ** There were also at least a couple female troops among The Insurrection's EliteMooks, who managed to hold their own against the Freelancers just as well as their male counterparts. |
| 401 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': |
| 402 | ** [[Characters/RWBYCinderFall Cinder Fall]] is a ruthless and cruel villainess. She is one of the most powerful fighters in the series [[spoiler:due to absorbing the Fall Maiden's powers]]. When she's not [[TheChessmaster carrying out her plans]] to endanger the world and spread chaos, she's defeating enemies with relative ease using [[PlayingWithFire fire Dust]], [[DualWielding dual blades]], or her [[TheStraightAndArrowPath bow and arrow]]. She solidifies her status as a Dark Action Girl when she [[HeroKiller personally murders]] [[spoiler:Amber and Pyrrha]]. |
| 403 | ** Emerald is Cinder's underling and a stealthy thief and assassin who isn't above using [[CombatPragmatist under-handed tactics]] or her [[MasterOfIllusion illusory powers]] to defeat foes with her [[SinisterScythe kusarigama-like weapon]]. |
| 404 | ** Neo is an associate of Roman Torchwick and, despite standing at [[PintSizedPowerhouse 4'9"]], has the finesse to completely avoid the attacks of and curb-stomp Ruby and Yang with [[LadyOfWar elegance and style]]. And both time she's about to deliver the killing blow to them she has an [[CuteAndPsycho obvious glee]] on her face. |
| 405 | ** Yang's trailer (Yellow) featured the elegantly dressed TagTeamTwins, Melanie & Miltia(des) Malachite, among [[TheMafia Junior's]] mooks at his club. After Yang attacks and wipes the floor with all the other henchmen, they gang up on and manage to hold their own significantly better than Junior's more other more generically dressed men. |
| 406 | [[/folder]] |
| 407 | |
| 408 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 409 | * Hortense in ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''...at least, so far as we know. Not to mention the good doctor's mother, Mitzi. |
| 410 | * In ''Webcomic/BladeOfToshubi'', Lamika, aka Lady Snow Blood, kind of falls into this trope. |
| 411 | * Saturday in ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'' is a thief and a gunslinger ([[AbnormalAmmo well, star-shooter-slinger]]). She isn't as ''evil'' as some of the other villains, but she definitely causes a lot of problems for the heroes. |
| 412 | * Kria, the demon mare of ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'', is a Dark ActionMom. But given the comic, her appearances are VillainsOutShopping. |
| 413 | * Amazi-Girl was mostly a Batman joke in her ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' incarnation, until she started car-surfing, using bolt-cutters as a zipwire and beating up Danny's and Becky's fathers... |
| 414 | * ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'' has Ninjette, who deals out some pretty graphic violence on occasion. |
| 415 | * {{Heel}} Combagals in ''Webcomic/FurryFightChronicles'' invoke this image when fighting. Their fighting outfits are more provocative and with darker colors, and they fight more violently. |
| 416 | * ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': Everyone on this list is sympathetically portrayed, and usually are more-or-less on the side of good. ''Girl Genius'' is BlackAndGrayMorality PlayedForLaughs, because that allows for far more awesome {{Mad Scientist}}s. |
| 417 | ** Jenka was doing pretty well holding her own against guards and Othar. |
| 418 | ** Gkika, being one of the Jager ''[[FourStarBadass Generals]]'', probably falls somewhere between this and LadyOfWar. |
| 419 | ** Von Pinn is just AxCrazy, and can tear Jagers apart with her bare hands. |
| 420 | ** Dupree, who's [[AxCrazy axe CRAZIER]]. She routinely attempts to murder entire towns (and, it's implied, only fails because her commanders won't ''let'' her) and actively taunts Von Pinn. |
| 421 | ** [[spoiler: Zola]], the false Hererodyne heir, isn't a bad example of this trope, either. |
| 422 | * Reng-Lo from ''Webcomic/{{Harkovast}}'', who is notable for being a skilled warrior and complete psycho. |
| 423 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', thirteen year old Vriska Serket is a murdering egomaniac- the most violent, sadistic, and remorseless of all the trolls and is considered evil even by the standards of her barbaric planet. She is responsible for [[spoiler: the deaths of thousands of trolls, as well as a teammate, and for seriously crippling two of her "friends" (and later killing one). She also purposefully facilitated a chain of events that led to an indestructible demon to be created and kill many, many more people- just because she wanted to have the glory of killing said demon]]. She's also among the most powerful characters in the comic. Later, however, she begins to realize that [[spoiler: [[TragicVillain her upbringing was what caused her to become like this]], as she was forced to hunt other trolls to sate the hunger of her spider-monster custodian, under threat of death]]. For the first time, she also feels true remorse after [[spoiler: killing one of her friends]]. Her contact with [[spoiler: and romantic interest in]] [[ThePowerOfFriendship John also helps her see]] the error in many of the things that she's done. However, [[spoiler: just as she comes to the conclusion that [[HeelFaceTurn she doesn't want to kill or hurt people anymore]], she is killed by [[ActionGirl Terezi]] in order to save the remaining trolls, as her plan to fight Jack Noir would have resulted in their deaths]]. As a consequence she has become one of the most controversial characters in the fandom. Later, we encounter Vriska in a dream bubble [[spoiler: two years after her death]]. [[HeelFaceTurn She's changed quite a bit.]] |
| 424 | ** Meenah Peixes is the Dark Action Girl for the pre-scratch trolls. She greets people by trying to kill them and is indirectly responsible for a few deaths in her team (even though she had no intention of causing them). She also idolizes her post-scratch counterpart, who is a genocidal tyrant. She's not anywhere near as bloodthirsty as Vriska was, although just as egotistical and belligerent, and a lot more mischievous. Needless to say, when the two meet, [[DesignatedGirlFight sparks fly.]] |
| 425 | ** Because almost every female cast member of Homestuck is an ActionGirl in some sense, essentially all female antagonists in Homestuck count as this. |
| 426 | ** [[spoiler: After the [[RetCon RetJohn]], Vriska returns to being this, along with BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork, with her presence almost single-handedly solving a majority of the issues the people on the meteor faced, from stopping Rose's alcoholism in its tracks to preventing Terezi from becoming [[AxCrazy Gamzee's]] kismesis. She also prevents a repeat of [[BadEnding [S] Game Over]] by using her MindManipulation to knock out Jane and Jade before going to confront [[BidBad Lord English]].]] |
| 427 | * ''Webcomic/ImTheGrimReaper'': Scarlet walking the lines between anti-hero and anti-villain makes her this. After all, she is a grim reaper. While she does kill sinners, the overall morality of killing in general is explored. |
| 428 | * ''Webcomic/ItsWalky'': Sal Walters tends to weave in and out of the "dark" portion of ActionGirl. She wasn't above [[https://web.archive.org/web/20040301030611/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20040227.html opening a can of whupass on her own brother]], though. |
| 429 | * Lifolei (which is on the 'good' guys side!) and Thlassa of ''Webcomic/{{Juathuur}}''. |
| 430 | * Given the nature of the RPG World, ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has multiple: [[SuccubiAndIncubi Sabine]], [[TheDitz Crystal]], [[NightmareFetishist Tsukiko]] (she mostly creates undead {{Mooks}} but ''can'' fight very well if she has to), as well as [[EvilSorceress Samantha]], [[MindOverMatter Laurin]], and [[TheBeastmaster Oona]]. |
| 431 | * Sakido from ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'' certainly had a history as one of these. She was one of hell's most elite warriors in The Great War before retiring to the ring of the slightly damned. She shows us what she's made of when [[spoiler: she takes down the guardian of hell and then single handedly fights her way through the legions of demons to get her little brother and his friend Rhea to the mortal world, even though she knows she'll die in the process]]. |
| 432 | ** Lazuli plays the role much straighter, and is pretty terrifying. |
| 433 | * Kusari from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' - a masked assassin with superhuman powers who unfailingly follows the orders of the villainous Hereti-Corp executives. Her perhaps even more dangerous "sister", Oasis, is too nuts to count, especially as she imagines she's actually good. |
| 434 | [[/folder]] |
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| 436 | %%[[folder:Websites]] |
| 437 | %%* ''Website/ChannelAwesome'': WebVideo/DiamandaHagan and [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Judas Liz]]. |
| 438 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 439 | |
| 440 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 441 | * ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': |
| 442 | ** [[TheDragon Princess Azula]], as a charismatic and powerful leader, combines this trope with MagnificentBastard and HeroKiller. |
| 443 | ** Mai, the DeadpanSnarker, is also one of these [[spoiler: until she [[HeelFaceTurn switches sides]]]]. She certainly dresses like one. She wears red and black clothes, uses a dark makeup palette, and has black FemmeFatalons. |
| 444 | ** Quite a few {{mooks}} in the Fire Nation are female. |
| 445 | ** SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' gives us the following: |
| 446 | *** In Book 1, [[EqualOpportunityEvil several female mooks]]. [[TheTeamNormal Asami Sato]] was originally intended as a SixthRangerTraitor, but instead became purely heroic. |
| 447 | *** In Book 2, Korra's [[PsychopathicWomanchild creepy]] {{yandere}} cousin Eska [[spoiler:until she [[CreepyTwins and her twin brother]] make a last-minute HeelFaceTurn]]. |
| 448 | *** Book 3 gives us Ming-Hua, a [[PintSizedPowerhouse tiny]] BloodKnight [[MakingASplash waterbender]] with [[HandicappedBadass no arms]] but [[MultiArmedAndDangerous as many]] [[CombatTentacles water whips]] as she could possibly ever need, and P'Li, a [[StatuesqueStunner towering]] ColdSniper [[PlayingWithFire firebender]] with a design [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yomd3_C0UO0&t=15m42s explicitly stated]] to be inspired by [[Literature/MillenniumSeries Lisbeth Salander]]. They're members of the [[BombThrowingAnarchists Red Lotus]], and some of the most powerful benders in the world. |
| 449 | *** Kuvira, the ArcVillain of Book 4, is more of a Dark LadyOfWar. The dictator of the [[PuttingOnTheReich Earth Empire]], she utterly trashes around [[WorfHadTheFlu Korra, who wasn't fully recovered]], during their fight, and [[spoiler:uses [[HumongousMecha The Colossus]] to destroy much of Republic City]] during the finale. |
| 450 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': In addition to being a really effective, if not, really badass [[BlobMonster shapeshifting blob]], Inque is the embodiment of implacable. Frozen, diluted, and dissolved, in that order, all things that would assuredly damage or kill her and is ''still'' alive. On top of that, all of her encounters with Batman are usually with her cornering or nearly killing him. She even manages to nearly off Bruce Wayne in PoweredArmor. In only one appearance she's not a major threat, because the "InnocentBystander" she takes hostage [[BadassBystander is actually]] ''Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}''. |
| 451 | * Hera from ''WesternAnimation/BloodOfZeus'' having being given AdaptationalBadass from the original myths. She’s such a powerful and [[JerkassGods cruel goddess]] that even her husband Zeus fears her wrath. Righty so as during a UnstoppableRage [[WomanScorned born of jealousy]] Hera destroys pillars around her by landing hard and effortlessly overpowers Seraphim (the demon-man) [[MindOverMatter without lifting a finger]]. |
| 452 | * ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'': While Carmilla is mostly TheChessmaster, she's also able to kick fellow vampire Godbrand down a flight of stairs at high speed. Unlike most other examples listed here, she's [[HateSink not remotely likeable]], being unsympathetic and somehow even crueler than she is in the games. In Season 3, Carmilla is joined by the Council of Sisters -- Morana, Striga, and Lenore -- who plan to TakeOverTheWorld in the wake of Dracula's death. Morana and Striga are the only AffablyEvil members of the quartet, as Lenore gives even Carmilla a run for her money in the [[KickTheDog cruel bitch department]], using her vampire strength to give DistressedDude Hector a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown (though she does becomes nicer later on). In Season 4, Carmilla and Striga in particular have two epic [[OneManArmy One-Woman Army]] moments against a horde of foes -- in Carmilla's case, against an army of monsters followed by a DuelToTheDeath with Isaac. |
| 453 | %%* Crasher from ''WesternAnimation/{{Challenge of the GoBots}}.'' |
| 454 | * ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Cree Lincoln, Numbuh 5's older sister, is the second in command of the Teen Ninja and easily their best fighter, able to dish out {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s like it's nothing and the heroes rarely ever beat her in a straight up fight, usually having to wait for her to let her guard down or trick her. |
| 455 | * Magica de Spell from ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' is an evil witch who wishes to steal Scrooge [=McDuck=]'s first dime so that she can cast a spell to make herself rich. |
| 456 | * The Flock of Fury in ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'' is a whole family of Dark Action Girls. |
| 457 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': |
| 458 | ** Demona and Hyena are particularly AxCrazy ones. |
| 459 | ** Fox is a {{Heel Face Turn}}er, though it doesn't change her personality one iota. Well, except for the MamaBear thing. |
| 460 | * Galatea in ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' is an EvilTwin of ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, quite the sadist, and physically stronger than her counterpart. |
| 461 | * [[HypercompetentSidekick Shego]] (pictured) of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', the deadly sidekick of Dr. Drakken who has the superpower to [[HandBlast project green energy from her hands]], which she often uses with martial arts to fight [[TheHero Kim]]. |
| 462 | * Vanessa Warfield of the evil organization V.E.N.O.M in ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}'' |
| 463 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' cartoon, Doris the maid, a cosmetics robot, Ms. Lapierre, and a brainwashed Evelyn Ray have all fought Mega Man and Roll at points. The park attendant from Fun World was also evil, but she didn't fight. |
| 464 | %%* Kaia, leader of the Terras in ''{{WesternAnimation/Motorcity}}''. |
| 465 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': |
| 466 | ** Trixie becomes one in "Magic Duel", [[spoiler: while under the influence of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Alicorn Amulet]]]]. |
| 467 | ** Before she made her HeelFaceTurn, Starlight Glimmer was this, as one of the most skilled and naturally powerful unicorns in Equestria and the BigBad of season five. |
| 468 | * Shannon, Lord Boxman's robot "daughter" from ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes''. |
| 469 | * Plenty of examples from ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''. There's [[PaperThinDisguise Ikra]], [[TragicVillain Princess Mira]], [[SouthernBelle Josephine]] [[FemmeFatale Clench]], and all the [[EliteMooks Daughters of Aku]]. |
| 470 | * Lazerette and Cerina from ''WesternAnimation/SkysurferStrikeForce''. Cerina especially doesn't get in the thick of it as much of the other Bioborgs, and has no visible powers and rarely uses weapons, but she still gives the Skysurfers more they can handle when she does fight. |
| 471 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'': |
| 472 | ** [[ComicBook/SilverSableAndTheWildPack Silver Sable]] is an incredibly dangerous and clever combatant who serves as TheDragon to her father, mob boss Silvermane. Probably should be mentioned that, in the comics, Silver Sable is a very different character with no connection to Silvermane. She is an AntiHero [[HiredGuns mercenary]] and ActionGirl, and is usually on Spider-Man's side. |
| 473 | ** ComicBook/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}} from the same series might also be considered an example, though, being something of a [[DatingCatwoman Catwoman]] figure, she's sometimes antagonistic but not exactly ''evil''. |
| 474 | * As listed above under Literature, Asajj Ventress is also portrayed as this on ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars''. |
| 475 | * The Seventh Sister from ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' is ambitious, sadistic, and reasonably skilled with a lightsaber. |
| 476 | * ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': |
| 477 | ** By virtue of Gems being a OneGenderRace [[note]] Technically they have NoBiologicalSex, but appear female (usually), use female pronouns, and are generally treated as female by human characters [[/note]] all Gems directly fighting against the heroes are this by default. |
| 478 | ** Jasper is an incredibly tough LightningBruiser who can easily defeat the heroes, unless they're a [[FusionDance fusion]] like [[TheAce Garnet]]. And even then, they have to ''really'' fight as hard as they can to beat her. |
| 479 | * ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'': |
| 480 | ** Ravess is an archer, Talon commander, and total perfectionist. |
| 481 | ** [[BigBad Master Cyclonus]] as well, when TheGlovesComeOff. |
| 482 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': |
| 483 | ** Jinx, who is also the leader of the H.I.V.E F.I.V.E, with the rest of the members being males. She's the only one with any level of ambition, which leads to her eventual HeelFaceTurn being triggered by high-ranking villains (particularly Madame Rouge) [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal dismissing her as useless]]. [[DatingCatwoman Developing a crush on Kid Flash]] also helped. |
| 484 | ** The aforementioned Madame Rouge is one of The Brotherhood of Evil's top enforcers and is shown to be cunning and skilled enough with her shape shifting powers to handle pretty much any of the heroes in a one-on-one fight. |
| 485 | ** Blackfire, [[Characters/TeenTitansStarfire Starfire]]'s diabolical [[CainAndAbel big sister]] who shares her sisters powers and is a formidable fighter in her own right. |
| 486 | ** The phrase "Dark Action Girl" really brings [[Characters/TeenTitansNewTeenTitans Raven]] to mind...though she's more an example of [[DarkMagicalGirl another trope]]. Or, more accurately, [[DarkIsNotEvil two.]] |
| 487 | * ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': |
| 488 | ** Karai from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''. She's been able to hold her own against any of the turtles, and has no trouble at all with the Kraang-droids. |
| 489 | ** The Foot Recruit from ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' is similar to Karai, both being female ninjas working for [[BigBad the Foot Clan]]. The Recruit is a lot less cunning and a lot more HotBlooded than your typical dark action girl, though. [[spoiler:The series finale reveals her to be a [[GenderFlip gender-flipped]] [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Casey Jones]], and sees her make a HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 490 | * Blackarachnia of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}: WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' is a bad, bad girl, ready to dish out pain by the bucket at the drop of a hat, as well as a treacherous FemmeFatale when it suits her. These two things, in combination, [[EvilIsCool made her very popular in the fandom]]. [[spoiler:Unlike many, though, she does do a HeelFaceTurn in the end, though, at first, it's just for her own safety.]] |
| 491 | ** Despite the previous having a counterpart in ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Animated]]'', another for this trope would be [[spoiler:''Starscream's'' OppositeSexClone]]. |
| 492 | ** Airachnid of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''. This is a woman (well, {{fembot}}) who got bored with her job as a TortureTechnician and decided, [[ForTheEvulz as a hobby]], to hunt endangered species and keep trophies from her kills. Rather than ''finding'' endangered species to hunt, [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide she makes her own]]. |
| 493 | * Molotov Cocktease in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', an assassin and ex-Soviet agent (and on-and-off love interest for [[SociopathicHero Brock Sampson]]), combines this with TheBaroness. |
| 494 | %%* Saranoia, Smoke, and Ella Mental from ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo''. |
| 495 | * ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': |
| 496 | ** Cheshire is a sneaky and deadly assassin who works for the Light. After [[spoiler:marrying Red Arrow, she becomes a NominalHero]]. |
| 497 | ** Cheshire and Artemis's mother, Huntress was one in the past, before a CareerEndingInjury. |
| 498 | ** Tigress, who works under Black Manta and serves as [[spoiler:[[FakeDefector Aqualad's]]]] right hand-man. She is actually [[spoiler:Artemis working as a mole]]. |
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