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| 13 | ->''"Hey, can someone explain to me why I'm always fighting skanky chicks who fly? I mean, Sabine, Samantha, Tsukiko... I bet even the druid's hawk was some sort of a bird-hussy. I should take a level of ranger so I can choose Favored Enemy (Airborne Tramp)."'' |
| 14 | -->-- '''Haley Starshine''', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0518.html #518]] |
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| 18 | An unspoken version of WouldntHitAGirl; when there's a team with one ActionGirl, and there's [[TheSmurfettePrinciple one female opponent among several men]], the two will always take care of each other. She might take out one of the guys, too, but the men will keep to themselves so long as that option is there. It's not universal enough to list aversions, but it's definitely noticeable. |
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| 20 | Essentially, when the Hero needs to fight a girl, another female character must take his spot -- sometimes the Hero's girlfriend. Often the job of TheHeart in the FiveManBand is to smack the supervillainess around, essentially becoming the team's Designated Hitter for all female villains. |
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| 22 | If one girl is the [[EvilCounterpart morality-reversed equivalent of the other]] (for example, the ActionGirl and DarkActionGirl), the odds increase exponentially. |
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| 24 | This tends to be the end result of a basically gendered aspect of many superheroes: male superheroes tend to have a generally male RoguesGallery, while superheroines tend to have [[MonogenderMonsters female villains]]. Thus, a LegionOfDoom team-up tends to be fought along gender lines. Also, because female characters are rarely TheLeader in a team ensemble, her fight against her evil female counterpart is often secondary, while the "real" fight is decided between men. |
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| 26 | Of course, in the end, this is really about audience expectations. There is a deep-seated cultural aversion to depicting a man (supposedly the hero) laying the physical smackdown on a woman, even if she's clearly evil and dangerous. It's much easier to just sidestep the issue completely and avoid depicting it. |
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| 28 | This is also the reason why there is much less of a problem with a ''female'' hero fighting a ''male'' villain; he's ''supposed'' to be evil, so there is no contradiction with him attacking a woman. |
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| 30 | There are a few standard exceptions to the trope, even in works that use it; a {{Gonk}} usually doesn't count as female even if they are (and is thus a valid target for a male hero), and a NonHumanSidekick or FunnyAnimal companion usually doesn't count as male, regardless of actual gender (and can thus attack female villains with impunity). Of course, a villainess could always [[OneWingedAngel change into a monstrous form]] to [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman bypass the trope entirely]]. |
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| 32 | It might lead to a CatFight, but more often the fight is otherwise played seriously. Compare CounterpartCombatCoordination. |
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| 34 | !!Examples: |
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| 37 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 38 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': |
| 39 | ** Orihime's first fight involved a female hollow who took control of male students from a desire to use them to abuse and kill female victims. It was Tatsuki falling prey to this hollow while trying to protect Orihime that forced Orihime to manifest her powers in defence of Tatsuki. It's the only time in the entire story that Orihime has been able to summon KillingIntent in battle. |
| 40 | ** During the Soul Society Arc, Yoruichi (female ex-captain of the Gotei 13) fought Soi Fon (one of two female captains in a group of Gotei 13). Both women are ninja-trained and incredibly brutal combatants. While it might still be relevant they're both female, it's in the context of explaining the shared history which was the actual reason that Soi Fon took the first opportunity to pursue Yoruichi (who let her catch up in the hope of eventual reconciliation). This is also a "designated girl fight" in another sense; while a lot of the confrontations around this point serve to invoke and exposit deep motivations and suppressed feelings in the parties, this may be the one with the most emotionally dramatic aftermath, complete with wild sobbing and a subsequent personality shift. |
| 41 | ** During the battle for Karakura Town, Harribel's all-female group did not confront the adult male captains; they took on [[ChildProdigy Captain Hitsugaya]] and his female lieutenant. When Rangiku ran into trouble with Harribel's three fraccions, she was rescued by Hinamori - another female; Hitsugaya obtained reinforcements from the female Visoreds - Lisa and Hiyori. Rangiku and Hinamori were only rescued by male fighters when the fraccions [[FusionDance created]] a ''male'' chimaera that was beyond the power of any lieutenant to fight. |
| 42 | ** In the Lost Agent Arc, Jackie and Riruka are the only female Fullbringers. Jackie has dominatrix overtones, so does get to fight a man - but only Renji, whose battle etiquette involves going easy on female fighters because they're female, and because she needs a lesson in battle morality from a sympathetic male. Riruka, however, is very girly, obsessed with cute and lovable things, and doesn't want to be Ichigo's enemy. She only fights Rukia, one of the major protagonists, who doesn't like hurting humans, and who shares Riruka's love of cute things. |
| 43 | ** Notably averted in the Thousand Year Blood War Arc, as all the female Sternritter take on male protagonists, and all the female protagonists that get a fight end up against male Sternritter. The only catfights we see are when the female Sternritter turn against each other. |
| 44 | * This is averted in ''Manga/Brave10'', where [[ActionGirl Anastasia]] only gets paired with a female opponent once and it's not played like this trope at all. The tournament arc in the sequel, however, plays the trope straight. There Ana faces off against Komatsu, Yukimura's sister-in-law, where she has to [[ThrowingTheFight throw the fight]] out of consideration, while Isanami goes up against Izumo no Okuni in a [[DancingIsSeriousBusiness dance-off]]. |
| 45 | * ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' plays with this trope, while most of the Yoma fought are male, there are plenty of Claymore on Claymore battles. |
| 46 | * This happens a few times during ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba''. |
| 47 | ** In the Asakusa Arc, Tanjiro faces off against the Arrow Demon Yahaba while his sister Nezuko, and Dr. Tamayo, fight against his female partner, the Temari Demon Susamaru. |
| 48 | ** In the Natagumo Mountain Arc, the Insect Hashira [[LadyOfWar Shinobu]] would fight, and kill, the Older Sister Spider while Tanjiro, his friends, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Giyu]], would face off against the abusive [[WakeUpCallBoss Rui]] and his male family members. And although Tanjiro does kill the Mother Spider Demon, [[NonActionBigBad she mainly fought him]] [[EvilPuppeteer using the bodies and corpses of male Demon Slayer rookies]] that were trapped in her webs. He also uses a technique to kill her painlessly when he realizes that she’s surrendering. |
| 49 | ** In the Red Light District Arc, Nezuko’s first solo fight is against Upper Moon-6, Daki, who’s been acting as an oiran. Because both girls are demons, the fight ends up being ''very '' brutal. |
| 50 | * The climax of ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSpaceHeroes'' have Shizuka (who gains superpowers like the rest of the gang, but just in this one episode) fighting Meba, the sole female mercenary of the Space Partners corporation. With Shizuka winning at the end. |
| 51 | * ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': |
| 52 | ** Happens multiple times between Angewomon and [=LadyDevimon=] throughout the series. |
| 53 | *** In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', [=LadyDevimon=] proves powerful enough to simultaneously take on three other Ultimates (including Angewomon), two Champions, and a Rookie over the course of a single fight. However, the battle scene soon zooms in on the brawl between Angewomon and [=LadyDevimon=]. |
| 54 | *** Further enforced when [=LadyDevimon=] begins overpowering Angewomon and has multiple opportunities to finish her off; however, [=LadyDevimon=] instead chooses to continue [[JustToyingWithThem toying with Angewomon]] by kicking her and into nearby rocks or swinging Angewomon around ByTheHair in a stereotypical [[CatFight catfighting]] move. |
| 55 | *** Zig Zagged when [=LadyDevimon=]'s victory over Angewomon forces [=AtlurKabuterimon=] to intervene and save Angewomon. However, Angewomon angrily pushes him off and tells him not to interfere. She then shoots back towards [=LadyDevimon=] to BitchSlap her, igniting a CatFight between the two. |
| 56 | *** Finally subverted when [=LadyDevimon=] defeats Angewomon in their CatFight with a brutal roundhouse kick. [=AtlurKabuterimon=] again saves Angewomon's life despite Angewomon's protestations. She does get to land the final blow, though. |
| 57 | *** The whole process repeats itself in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02''. |
| 58 | *** Initially played straight when both Angewomon and Aquilamon arrives to face [=LadyDevimon=], but [=LadyDevimon=] immediately [[OneHitKill knocks out Aquilamon with a single hit]], after which Angewomon and [=LadyDevimon=] get into yet another slapping, hair-pulling CatFight. |
| 59 | *** Subverted when [=LadyDevimon=] once again defeats Angewomon, this time by twisting Angewomon's arms painfully against her sides. However, Angewomon's allies arrive on the scene, again saving Angewomon's life. Angewomon eventually has to swallow her pride and admit she can't defeat [=LadyDevimon=] on her own. She then [[FusionDance jogress]] with the male-presenting Aquilamon to form the androgynous Silphymon in order to continue their fight against [=LadyDevimon=]. |
| 60 | ** In ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', Izumi has the most fights against Ranamon. Ranamon is the only enemy Izumi defeats all by herself and actually scans the data of. |
| 61 | ** Averted in ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad''. Kurata assembles a team of [[ThePsychoRangers Psycho Rangers]] to fight the main PowerTrio, but the female members of each don't battle each other, at least not one on one. Instead, Nanami takes on fellow TeenGenius Touma and Yoshino faces her StalkerWithACrush Ivan. In fact, Nanami and Yoshino had almost no interaction at all during the series, unusual in that this was the ''Digimon'' iteration in which {{fanservice}} started being a thing that regularly happens. |
| 62 | ** Semi-played in ''Anime/DigimonFusion'': Mervamon was one of two Digimon present for the final fight against Lilithmon, but she was working together with Beelzebumon for the entire fight, and he's the one who [[TakingYouWithMe takes Lilithmon out]]. |
| 63 | * In ''Manga/FairyTail'', most of Lucy's 1vs1-opponents are females (Sherry, the BrainwashedAndCrazy Juvia, Angel, Flare), but she has also defeated males (Bixlow and Byro). Erza however, fights usually against the strong ones (TheDragon guys), with a few of them being female (Ikaruga, [[EvilCounterpart Erza Knightwalker]]), but she too defeated some male opponents like Azuma and Aria. The Grand Magic Games plays this trope straight where almost every female fights another female (Lucy vs. Flare, Mirajane vs. Jenny, Kagura vs. Yukino, Wendy vs. Chelia). It becomes {{exaggerated|Trope}} during the Naval Battle where six of seven participants are females and fighting in swimsuits (the only reason there's a guy is because he's from the all-male guild). After that during the Battle Royale, there is ''[[MeleeATrois Erza vs. Kagura vs. Minerva]]''. Plus there's Juvia vs. Merudy in the Tenrou Island arc, and Erza's battle with Coordinator in TheMovie. |
| 64 | ** ''Fairy Tail'' has a good number of aversions of the Designated Girl Fight tropes as well. While Lucy has a good number of Designated Girl Fights, even she has some male adversaries. In addition to Byro and Bixlow, she also fought Uosuke, one of the male Executioners (in the Grand Magic Games Arc of all arcs), and while she did have to fight the brainwashed Juvia, the real enemy was Vidaldus Taka. Erza, as mentioned before, usually fights the strong Dragon-type foes, and while some were women (like Minerva, Ikaruga, and her own Edolas counterpart), a good number of them were dudes as well. She defeated Aria with ease in the Phantom Lord Arc, battled Azuma in the Tenrou Island Arc, and her fight in the OraciĂłn Seis Arc was possibly ''the'' strangest aversion in the series: Midnight, a man who can be ''very'' easily mistaken for a woman. Plus, she battled Cobra in the anime-exclusive Key of the Starry Skies Arc. And during the Tenrou Island Arc, Ultear, the main female powerhouse of Grimoire Heart, had ''Gray'' as her opponent due to their connections to Ul, Gray's teacher/adopted mother and Ultear's ''actual'' mother. Indeed, Gray was the one who fought Juvia in the Phantom Lord arc and Angel in the anime-exclusive Key of the Starry Skies arc as well. |
| 65 | * In the ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' [[TheAnimeOfTheGame motion picture]], Mai Shiranui ''finally'' [[FauxActionGirl kicks her bad fighting luck aside]] as she faces Panni, the local DarkActionGirl, to help solve a HostageSituation. [[CurbStompBattle And totally curb-stomps her.]] |
| 66 | * Semi-averted in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Riza Hawkeye is the only female member of Mustang's team and Lust is Father's only daughter, so naturally an altercation between the two occurs. However, this isn't really a fight so much as Hawkeye redundantly shooting Lust repeatedly until Mustang comes along to finish things. |
| 67 | * In Chapter 207 of ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'', Shinomi and Saya get into it over Eikichi, using knives and [[GrievousBottleyHarm broken bottles]]. Nakajo shows up and tries to intervene, but one of them hits him with a 2xFore. |
| 68 | * In ''Anime/GunXSword'', the first time we see Fasalina in action Carmen is the only one around to fight her, this is turns into a challenge so that Carmen is always looking for Fasalina, conveniently pairing them in fights. |
| 69 | * In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': Seras Victoria kills Jessica, the ''female'' vampire in volume one, then she fights Zorin Blitz in a big battle. Gets averted later when she has a big fight against [[spoiler: The Captain]], although [[spoiler: he gives her a way to defeat him, and she gets help from Pip as her familiar]]. |
| 70 | ** Averted with Alucard against Rip van Winkle ([[CurbStompBattle if you call that a fight.]]) |
| 71 | ** Averted with Integra as well, the few times she fights, she kills male vampires, [[spoiler: The Major]] or is defending herself from a male attacker. |
| 72 | ** Father Anderson has no problem attacking women if they are monsters or heathens (Seras Victoria and Integra Hellsing respectively). |
| 73 | * Happens several times in ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen''. |
| 74 | ** For the "Cursed Training Battle" Arc, the childish brute [[BloodKnight Todo]] picks a fight against Megumi. While [[TheLadette Nobara]] tries to help her friend, she's forced to fight against Todo's girl classmate, [[AxCrazy Mai]], a sadistic gun wielder. |
| 75 | ** In the "Kyoto Goodwill Event" Arc, [[LadyOfWar Maki]] ends up fighting against Mai and [[TokenGoodTeammate Kasumi]] in separate battles while Nobara picks a fight against [[CuteWitch Momo]]. As you can imagine, their guy friends handled the male Kyoto rivals. |
| 76 | * ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'': |
| 77 | ** Played straight, mostly because of Kenichi's WouldntHitAGirl honor. |
| 78 | ** [[SexyMentor Shigure Kousaka]] has had several fights versus female opponents, including against Yami's [[LadyOfWar Mikumo Kushinada]]. |
| 79 | ** Mostly subverted in "the protection of the swords" arc and "the American base" arc. |
| 80 | * Averted in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''. [[TournamentArc The Sports Festival finals]] includes both males and females, but all of the girls fight against and ultimately lose to other guys. |
| 81 | ** Played straight during the "Forest Training Camp" Arc where Himiko Toga, the cast {{yandere}} and [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only significant female villain in the show]], faces off against Tsuyu and Ochako. Toga briefly encounters the two during the battle between the heroes and the Paranormal Liberation Front, and has one last battle with them in the final arc. |
| 82 | ** In the "Meta Liberation Army" Arc, Himiko is pitted against [[IntrepidReporter Curious]] who happens to be the only female member of Re-Destro's inner circle. |
| 83 | * ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'': |
| 84 | ** Out of twenty competitors in the Chuunin exams(three teams of seven got through the second stage, but Kabuto dropped out), six are female. Sakura and Ino, past rivals, fight each other, as do Tenten and [[BlowYouAway Temari]]. Averted with Hinata (who faces Neji) and Kin (who faces Shikamaru). Though it should be noted that in the absence of a female hero, [[RunningGag Shikamaru will always ends up fighting the female villains]]. Also averted in Part II outside of fillers. |
| 85 | ** The ''Naruto'' movies seem to avert this, especially the early ones. In [[Anime/NarutoTheMovieNinjaClashInTheLandOfSnow the first one]], Sakura and Sasuke collaborate into blowing up a female-male duo, while in [[Anime/NarutoTheMovieLegendOfTheStoneOfGelel the second movie]], Naruto, Sakura, Shikamaru, Kankuro, and Gaara face three female villains (whom they kill... quite gruesomely). Played straight in [[Anime/NarutoTheMovieGuardiansOfTheCrescentMoonKingdom the third movie]], where Sakura fights the only female villain in the film. |
| 86 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'': |
| 87 | ** Zig-zagged at Little Garden, where the crew is attacked by four Baroque Works agents, including Miss Valentine and Miss Goldenweek. Miss Goldenweek only plays a passive role in any fights, though, and Nami and Vivi are quickly incapacitated, leaving Valentine to hand Usopp his ass until they're freed and one-shot her. |
| 88 | ** Averted in Thriller Bark, where Perona ends up fighting Usopp and Nami defeats Absalom [[note]] though Sanji had severely weakened Absalom by [[CurbStompBattle curb stomping]] him earlier so really he got softened up for Nami to finish him off [[/note]]. |
| 89 | ** Played also in the Baroque Works Saga --amongst the final team that fights the heroes, there are two girls. One of them, Miss Merry Christmas, is not exactly... ladylike. She, along with her partner, fights Chopper and Usopp. Miss Doublefinger, on the other hand, who is a typical DarkActionGirl, has a one-on-one fight with Nami. |
| 90 | ** Zig-zagged in the [=CP9=] Saga: The [=CP9=] have one female member, [[spoiler:Kalifa]]. At first she fights Sanji - he is much stronger than her, but the fight still ends with obvious results, due to Sanji rather wanting to die rather than kicking a girl. A short while later she is pitted against Nami (who started off going up against Kumadori before fleeing,) and we get the straight example. |
| 91 | ** Bizarrely [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] in Impel Down arc when Ivankov is breaking out of Impel Down he's confronted with one of the wardens, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only female among them]]. In order to fight her, Iva uses his Devil Fruit powers to physically turn himself into a woman. |
| 92 | ** Played with again in the Punk Hazard arc. Monet, the only female on Caesar's team, fights male Zoro and female Tashigi together, Tashigi has trouble and Zoro saves her and shows that he could've easily sliced Monet in two but lets Tashigi actually defeat her, so it still qualifies. |
| 93 | ** This trope shows up again during the raid on Onigashima, where the bad guys actually [[InvokedTrope invoke]] and (try to) [[ExploitedTrope exploit]] this. Kaido's crew needs to capture Nico Robin for her LivingMacGuffin qualities, so they send one of their [[DarkActionGirl Dark Action Girls]], Black Maria, to capture and beat the snot out of Sanji, knowing he WouldntHitAGirl, until he calls for Robin to [[DistressedDude come and save him]]. Once Robin arrives, she (with a little bit of help from Brook[[note]]mostly putting out fires and holding off Black Maria's {{mooks}}[[/note]]) summarily kicks Black Maria's ass. |
| 94 | * During the "Monster Association" Arc of ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'', the sadistic villainess [[{{Dominatrix}} Do-S]] is pitted against the weather hero [[AlwaysSecondBest Blizzard]]; their fight is the only matchup that features women from both groups. And while there are male heroes who fight alongside Fubuki, they're easily taken out by Do-S's mind control whip leaving Blizzard to fight her alone. They meet each other again in the raid at the MA base, where Fubuki (though accompained this time by Bang and Bomb) does not waste the chance to avenge her cred. |
| 95 | * ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': |
| 96 | ** In ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', this doesn't extend to sanctioned matches, such as gym battles, but against bad guys, yup, girls tend to match up with each other. If genders don't match up in those ultimate battles against good and evil, that's just because the gender ratio isn't evened out as many girls will paired up against each other, and whoever is left gets to fight a guy. Thankfully, this trend seemed to die out somewhere around the fourth and fifth generations, likely because the gender ratios were becoming ''too'' uneven and there wasn't any point in trying. |
| 97 | ** Justified in the ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite Black & White]]'' anime with Pidove vs. Snivy. Snivy (female) had been stopping all of Ash's attempts to capture it by using Attract on all of his Pokémon. Then out comes Pidove, whose gender Ash was unaware of, and ''she'' proved immune to Attract due to also being female. It qualifies since Pidove was the only Pokémon able to fight Snivy. |
| 98 | ** Often times during Pokémon Contests, May or Dawn would end up battling a disguised Jessie, with Dawn also sometimes facing her female rivals, Zoey and Ursula. |
| 99 | * In the Kyoto Arc of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': |
| 100 | ** The men are sent off to Shishio's lair, while the rest of the gang stays behind - and are subsequently attacked by the rest of the Ten Swords. Since the show lacks a variety of villainesses, Kaoru and Misao get their first and pretty much only real fight against Kamatari... a crossdresser. |
| 101 | ** Weirdly, the trope was almost not-followed-by-the-letter back then. Okina's division of enemies at first had Kaoru and Yahiko assigned to face Hen-ya, and Misao would face Kamatari alone. But then some insults from both parties reassembled them to what it ended up as. In fact, the original division would've made far more sense, as letting a novice swordsman such as Yahiko to fight by himself is not a good idea in any way... |
| 102 | * ''Manga/SaintSeiya'': |
| 103 | ** Shaina with Marin in the anime with Shaina where she gets her butt kicked with soldiers watching. Strangely averted in the Manga. |
| 104 | ** In Poseidon Arc Thetis with Shaina. Though she does give Shaina quite a run for her money. |
| 105 | ** Averted in ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'': There are fights between heroines and villainesses, but the battles are too often mixed-gender to really call them 'designated'. In particular, Yuna has more than a fair share of victories against male villains under her belt, whilst Souma's [[YouKilledMyFather personal grudge]] against [[DarkActionGirl Sonia]] makes ''him'' her most frequent opponent. In the Gold Saint arc, Ryuho and Souma fight, respectively, the females Gemini and Scorpio, while Yuna fights the male Cancer. |
| 106 | * In ''Manga/ShamanKing'', it is noticeable that one of the two all-girl teams, Hao's Hanagumi (Team Flowers), fights two battles against three females- once against Anna, Tamao, and Jun, and another against the team "Magical Princess". |
| 107 | * Part of the new footage in the ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' CompilationMovie includes a fight between [[ActionGirl Yoko]] and [[DarkActionGirl Adiane]] outside of their [[HumongousMecha Ganmen]], most of which Yoko spends sporting GodivaHair and culminating in Yoko somehow [[HammerspaceHair hiding a pistol in her hair scrunchie]]. |
| 108 | * Usually averted in ''Manga/YuGiOh'', where most of the female duelists duel against males. In fact, Mai's only female opponent was Anzu. |
| 109 | ** Rebecca vs. Vivian in the Grand Championship arc. |
| 110 | * ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': Either averted or invoked in the anime. Asuka has never a Designated Girl Fight in the entire series, except that one Tag Duel Match against Rei and Kenzan, but Rei wasn't Asuka's main opponent, they even ''switched'' their partners during the duel, just because Asuka was irritated by Judai's cold behaviour. |
| 111 | ** On a side note, some fans invoke this trope, demanding that designated girl fights are supposed to exist in the anime. For example, we could have Yuka vs. Truewoman in the Darkness arc. |
| 112 | ** The female members of the Seven Stars Assassins, Camula and Tania, dueled against males. And they ''won'' (against Chronos, Kaiser and Misawa), but both of them were eventually defeated by Judai. |
| 113 | ** In the manga, Reggie Mackenzie faces Asuka in the preliminaries of the tournament, and later fights against Midori Hibiki outside the tournament. Averted in her duel against Judai. |
| 114 | * ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': |
| 115 | ** We have Aki vs. Misty in the Dark Signer arc. It's actually not a classic ActionGirl vs DarkActionGirl battle, as Aki is a DarkActionGirl herself for half of this duel while Misty is an AntiVillain who is focused on RevengeBeforeReason, as Misty is under the mistaken belief that Aki is responsible for the death of her little brother. It's hard to decide which of them is crazier at that point. |
| 116 | ** However, Carly and Luca avert this trope in the Dark Signer arc. (Jack vs Carly. Luca & Lua vs Demack.) |
| 117 | ** Aki's duel against Sherry is another aversion, since Aki ''and'' Crow are dueling Sherry. |
| 118 | * ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'': Rio has her first on-screen duel with Aika Hanazoe. |
| 119 | * ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' has Yuzu and Masumi in two occasions, both of them being the first female duelists introduced in this series. The rematch makes it even more obvious when Masumi uses a new, female ace monster during their rematch. Averted in the later episodes. |
| 120 | ** Averted with Yugo's duels with Serena and then Rin. While the plot forces him to duel them, and normally duels heavily feature a battle between ace monsters, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon's gender doesn't signify why she is destined to battle other female monsters. Even as TheSmurfettePrinciple among the Four Heavenly Dragons, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon has no opponent that was specifically designed to be her female opponent. It just happens that all four Bracelet girls are using female ace monsters, and the other three Four Heavenly Dragons also fought them at certain points. Furthermore, Clear Wing's gender reveal doesn't happen within the story, but outside the animated medium, long ''after'' Clear Wing/Crystal Wing had fought Moonlight Lio Dancer and Wind Witch Crystal Bell. |
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| 124 | * ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' featured a mirror universe in which the Freedom Fighters were evil, and inevitably this led to a confrontation between them in one issue. Initially this fight seems to go this way, as Princess Sally fights her own EvilCounterpart, but the trope is quickly subverted when the heroes realize fighting a mirror image is difficult...so they [[OpponentSwitch switch partners]]. Cue Sonic punching the evil Princess Sally in the jaw. |
| 125 | * ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': Lampshaded in ''ComicBook/TheAvengersKurtBusiek'' when the team fights the ComicBook/SquadronSupreme. Lady Lark (the team's Characters/BlackCanary {{Expy}}) was paired up against [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Captain America]], and mentioned that in the olden days, she was always stuck fighting one of the female Avengers like Characters/ScarletWitch or ComicBook/BlackWidow. |
| 126 | * ''ComicBook/CatwomanWhenInRome'': Characters/{{Catwoman|SelinaKyle}} dances with the guys but only really fights [[Characters/WonderWomanCheetah Cheetah]]. |
| 127 | * Downplayed in the climactic bout in ''ComicBook/{{Championess}}''. The fight is a paired boxing match featuring one man and one woman per team. Initially, the men and the women fight only each other, but when the score ends up in a tie, the remaining man and woman from the opposing teams box each other. |
| 128 | * Averted in Robert Rodi's ''ComicBook/CodenameKnockout'' series. Angela and Go-Go are fighting their British counterparts and losing... so they switch "dance partners". |
| 129 | * [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in ''ComicBook/TheDefenders'', where Valkyrie's magical strength would fail if she tried to battle another woman (even female-looking robots were included in this consideration), forcing her teammates to take on most villainesses instead. |
| 130 | * ''ComicBook/FutureFoundation'': Rikki, on the good guys' side, fights evil Dr. Richards' [[TheDragon lieutenant]] Al'ti, a female WingedHumanoid. Both are very skilled, with Rikki specifically challenging her so she won't kill Bentley-23. |
| 131 | * The ''ComicBook/{{Justice League|of America}}'' comics have the Crime Syndicate of America, an [[ThePsychoRangers evil version of the Justice League]] from a MirrorUniverse. In their first (Pre-Crisis) battle in the comics, the authors mostly avoid the common cliche of having the characters fight the mirror versions of themselves. The one exception is Superwoman, the evil counterpart of Wonder Woman, who fights Wonder Woman because they didn't want to show a man and woman fighting. |
| 132 | * The ''ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC'' miniseries had [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]] fighting Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} (the two most popular heroines in their respective universes) and Characters/{{Elektra}} fighting Characters/{{Catwoman|SelinaKyle}} (the two {{Femme Fatale}}s). It's averted, however, when teen heroes ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}} and [[Characters/MarvelComicsJubilee Jubilee]] are paired off, though he does manage to defeat her without hitting her. |
| 133 | * ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' is usually pretty aware of superhero tropes but does occasionally make use of this. Granted, girls tend to outnumber guys on this team, and one of the girls involved has a mind-controlled dinosaur. |
| 134 | * ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' comic book story "The Smurf Menace" has Grey Smurfette make a single appearance in the story for the sake of starting a fight with Smurfette. |
| 135 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In the early issues of ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'', Characters/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}} immediately went for Shriek when Team [[Characters/MarvelComicsVenom Venom]] found Team [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage]]. |
| 136 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': |
| 137 | ** Many ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' villains -[[ComicBook/TheUnknownSupergirl Lesla-Lar]], Satan Girl, [[ComicBook/DemonSpawn Nightflame]], [[ComicBook/StarfiresRevenge Starfire]], Psi, Black Star, [[ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman Superwoman]], [[ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton Reign]]- are female partially because of this trope. |
| 138 | ** When Superman and Supergirl battled Kryptonian criminals in ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' storyline, Kara engaged Ursa (female) as Kal fought Zod (male). |
| 139 | ** ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'': Superman fights most of Phantom Zone inmates, except for the female ones. Faora Hu-Ul is defeated by Supergirl, and Nadira is killed off by accidental exposure to Kryptonite. |
| 140 | ** At least once Superman, [[WouldntHitAGirl who generally won't hit a woman]], has stepped aside and let Wonder Woman take care of things. Wonder Woman generally tends to have a more feminine RoguesGallery than most heroes, partially because of this trope. |
| 141 | ** "ComicBook/ThoseEmeraldEyesAreShining": The final battle has Supergirl and Shrinking Violet engaging Emerald Empress as their male teammates take care of her male minions. |
| 142 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': |
| 143 | ** When the X-Men first fought ComicBook/AlphaFlight, [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]] and Snowbird went at it, even though Storm's powers were a better match for Shaman's[[note]]In fact, the thing that ended the fight was Storm calming down a blizzard Shaman created that he couldn't control[[/note]] and Snowbird had more in common with [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]]. |
| 144 | ** Also, during a battle between the X-Men and [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]]'s first Brotherhood of Mutants, [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] was more than eager to fight against the Characters/ScarletWitch as the guys wouldn't fight her. |
| 145 | [[/folder]] |
| 146 | |
| 147 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 148 | * ''Fanfic/BecomingATrueInvader'': Gaz is almost always the one who fights Tak, the two hating each other almost as much as Tak hates Zim. |
| 149 | * ''Fanfic/TheBridge'' zigzaggs this. The first kaiju fight is [[ActionGirl Mothra and Twilight Sparkle]] vs. [[DarkActionGirl Hyper Gyaos and her flock]], but Godzilla Junior joins in on the second phase of the fight. Later fights are often group battles with a mixed composition on either side. |
| 150 | * In ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}} (female), her cousin's descendant [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Laurel Kent]] (female) and Dev-Em (male) engage Satan Girl (female), Ar-Ual (female) and [[Characters/ShazamBlackMarvelFamily Black Adam]] (male). Satan Girl automatically pounces on her template, Laurel rushes towards Ar, and Dev and Adam start to trade blows. |
| 151 | * ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'': When Dr. Sivana deploys his forces to deal with the two Marvels approaching his base, two female villains -called Black Beauty and Illyria- go after [[Characters/ShazamMarvelFamily Mary Marvel]] for no particular reason whereas male villains Sabbac, Trug and Black Poet gang up on Captain Marvel, Jr. |
| 152 | * Lampshaded in ''Fanfic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami'': |
| 153 | -->''Night started to slap samanther around cos they were girls and it is the law that when a bunch of movie dudes fight the girls have to fight each other alone [[GirlOnGirlIsHot i ncase they decide to start sexing]].'' |
| 154 | * ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles'': |
| 155 | ** In Chapters 76 and 77, [[spoiler:Sakura fights Karin in response to the latter stabbing the former and leaving her to die in Chapter 75, all while Sasuke is busy dealing with Evil Sasuke]]. |
| 156 | ** In Chapter 107, Sasuke is fighting [[spoiler:his evil clone]]. Sakura is about to intervene and help her boyfriend, only for [[spoiler:Karin to prevent her from doing so by fighting her]]. |
| 157 | * In ''Fanfic/PowerRangersMythos'', when the titular Mythos Rangers (Tommy Oliver (''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''), Z Delgado (''Series/PowerRangersSPD'') and Flynn (''Series/PowerRangersRPM'')) fight their brainwashed enemies (Adam Park (''MMPR'') and Shelby Watkins (''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'')), Z and Shelby invariably end up fighting each other when all fight are present. |
| 158 | * A justified example occurs near the end of ''Fanfic/RomansEmpire''. [[spoiler:In the climactic fight, Kincaid is fighting Neo and Dwight is fighting Roman. But considering that the girls are the two best fighters in the story, this combination ensures fair fights. The other combination of pairings would be extremely onesided. [[CurbStompBattle Neo would absolutely crush Dwight]] and Kincaid would likely beat Roman.]] |
| 159 | * In the ''Fanfic/TamersForeverSeries'' there is a brief battle between Rosemon and Sakuyamon. However this is actually justified as both these women are actually the most competent fighters in the area. (not including those who are borderline catatonic) |
| 160 | * In ''Fanfic/UltimateReImaginings'', [[spoiler:Emma and Natasha]] fight. |
| 161 | * ''Fanfic/WithThisRingGreenLantern'': When the battle begins, it's Katma Tui (female) who faces Star Sapphire (female) while their male companions square off with each other. |
| 162 | [[/folder]] |
| 163 | |
| 164 | [[folder:Films -- Animated]] |
| 165 | * The big reveal flashback in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' has Batgirl stay behind to battle and then chase down a fleeing Harley Quinn, leaving a tortured and psychotically broken Tim Drake behind while she gives chase. |
| 166 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanSoulOfTheDragon'': During the final battle against the Kobra's cult, [[Characters/BatmanLadyShiva Lady Shiva]] takes on the sole female Kobra member, Lady Eve. Just because Eve looked at her funny. |
| 167 | -->'''Shiva:''' I'll take the girl. Her look ''offends'' me. |
| 168 | * In ''WesternAnimation/FoodFight'''s final battle the male heroes are hesitant to beat up Lady X, so its up to until-then DamselInDistress Sunshine to do something useful for once and beat the ugly out of her [[spoiler:literally]]. Occasionally accused of being fetishistic, since both characters are shamelessly sexualised (and Sunshine is meant to be underage...), but the sheer stilted animation does make it hilarious to watch. |
| 169 | * Averted in ''WesternAnimation/TheGuardiansOfTheLostCode'', It is Freddy, not Atzi, who ends up fighting with Mutey [[spoiler: and losing]]. |
| 170 | -->'''Freddy:'''[[spoiler: I was beaten by a ''little'' girl?!]] |
| 171 | * ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'': |
| 172 | ** During the skirmishes that take place aboard the Everjust, events align for Violet to have the definitive one-on-one fight with a hypnotized Voyd who loses and is knocked out. |
| 173 | ** The FinalBattle between Elastigirl and Evelyn Deavor, where Elastigirl shoots a FlareGun at Evelyn to send her flying out of the plane while suffering from hypoxia. |
| 174 | * Played with but averted in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' where Wonder Woman fights various villains from both genders, such as Super Woman and Owlman, although most of them are female. During the fight with her EvilCounterpart, Olympia, Wonder Woman flat out refuses assistance from ComicBook/GreenLantern. She even says through gritted teeth "She's mine" before running off to kick her ass. |
| 175 | * ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'' has Big Barda and Wonder Woman teamed up while they're invading Apokolips to get back Kara. Superman and Batman encounter assorted soldiers, monsters and [[MechaMooks robots]]. The pair end up fighting, of course, the Female Furies. Absolutely not a CatFight, though, despite most of them being in revealing costumes; it's actually one of the most brutal back-and-forth brawls of the film, right up to Barda's spear being [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice put to good use]] on-screen. |
| 176 | [[/folder]] |
| 177 | |
| 178 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 179 | * In ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] was reserved for Characters/{{Batgirl}}. She takes out both Robin and Batman with astonishing ease in her lair -- should Barbara not have butted in and become Batgirl all by herself, Poison Ivy [[NearVillainVictory would actually have won]]. |
| 180 | * ''Film/{{Blade|1998}}'': Blade's ally Dr. Karen Jensen ends up having a quick duel with the vampire Mercury. |
| 181 | * ''Film/BloodRayne'': Near the end Rayne battles Katarin while the two of them are underwater, killing her. This is after Katarin pulled a FaceHeelTurn, betraying Brimstone, while Rayne is left the only women warrior with Vladimir and Sebastian. |
| 182 | * ''Film/BulletproofMonk'' has one where ActionGirl Jade gets in a fight with TheDragon, who happens to be the Nazi villain's relative. It's Jaime King versus Victoria Smurfit; for a fight to the death, hotness ensues remarkably quickly. |
| 183 | * Subverted in ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982''. It ''looks'' like this is going to happen, as Valeria goes after the Princess while the boys are holding off an army of mooks -- but Valeria is far too badass to get into a catfight, and promptly subdues the princess. |
| 184 | * ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian2011'': Tamara and Marique, the two female fighters in the film, take each other on at the end. |
| 185 | * In ''Film/Cradle2TheGrave'', Gabrielle Union fights Kelly "Lady Deathstrike" Hu. |
| 186 | * In ''Film/DeadAgainInTombstone'', Alicia is the one who takes on Madame Du Vere during the final battle. |
| 187 | * Happens in ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' when [[GirlOfTheWeek Jinx Johnson]] takes down [[TheDragon Miranda Frost]] while Bond fights the main villain Gustav Graves. This is surprisingly the first film in the entire series where this trope is present. Most previous female villains in the series are killed in a manner that doesn't directly involve Bond ''or'' his leading lady. However, the ''Film/JamesBond'' series has featured occasions where [[WouldHitAGirl Bond has fought and killed women]]. |
| 188 | * In ''Film/DisturbingThePeace'', Catie is the one to take on Amanda; the female biker left guarding the prisoners in the church. |
| 189 | * The relatively obscure Rex Allen film ''Film/DownLaredoWay'' features a trio of villains: a murdered man's unfaithful wife, her lover, and an insane judge who knows them both from dirty dealings in the past. While Rex and his sidekick are able to take out the lover and judge, who will fight the woman--especially when she [[VillainExitStageLeft tries to flee justice?]] Why, the [[TwoferTokenMinority Spanish gypsy woman]] that the heroes met earlier, that's who! It's somewhat justified in that the gypsy woman had taken in the little girl who the bad guys were pursuing and thus had some involvement in the plot beforehand, but the whole arrangement still feels like this trope in action. |
| 190 | * In ''Film/DragonballEvolution'': Goku fights Piccolo alone while Bulma and Yamcha run to safety. Then, Yamcha disappears inexplicably while Bulma fights Piccolo's female minion Mai. This may be because there's no way Bulma could help Goku fight Piccolo, but there's also no way she'd stand a chance against Mai either ... at least, not the way [[FauxActionGirl she's been portrayed]]. |
| 191 | * The older ''Film/DragonBallTheMagicBegins'' averts this by having Pigsy shoot the henchwoman. |
| 192 | * ''Film/TheFamilyPlan'': Jess and [[spoiler:Gwen]] fight near the end. Though the former gets beaten handily at first as the latter is a trained assassin, she still turns the tables and wins in the end. |
| 193 | * ''Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious'': |
| 194 | ** ''Film/FastAndFurious6'': Features not one, but two [[Creator/GinaCarano Riley]] vs. [[Creator/MichelleRodriguez Letty]] fights. Unsurprisingly not played for {{Fanservice}}, given the actresses' [[ActionGirl reputations]]. |
| 195 | ** ''Film/Furious7'': Has a Letty vs. Kara (played by Creator/RondaRousey) fight ''[[KickingAssInAllHerFinery in fancy dresses]]'', after Letty beats up three female bodyguards at once. |
| 196 | * In ''[[Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]]'' when Cobra invades G.I. Joe headquarters, redheaded Joe Scarlett has a brutal fight with TheBaroness. This one gets justified because everyone else tried to take her out, but Scarlett was the only one with access to a camouflage suit that allows her to get close enough. |
| 197 | * In the final battle in ''Film/HotFuzz'', Skinner's attack secretary is taken out by Doris, the one female police officer. This does not go without lampshading. |
| 198 | * ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' has a Designated Kid Fight when Short Round takes on [[spoiler:the Maharajah]]. |
| 199 | * ''Film/JudgeDredd''. While Dredd battles Rico, DarkActionGirl Dr. Ilsa Hayden, who seems to have been created just for this purpose, has a CatFight with ActionGirl Judge Hershey. |
| 200 | * ''Film/KickAss2'' has Hit-Girl versus Mother Russia in the climax. Averted in [[Film/KickAss the first film]], where there isn't a female antagonist. Also downplayed as both Hit-Girl and Mother Russia are proven to be quite deadly against male opponents, and are probably the most dangerous ones on each side. |
| 201 | * Averted in ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService''. There is [[ActionGirl one woman]] on the good guy's team, and [[DarkActionGirl one woman]] on the bad guy's team. They never even ''see'' each other, much less fight, and it's [[spoiler:[[WouldHitAGirl Eggsy]] who takes on Gazelle in the climax]]. |
| 202 | * ''Film/{{Lycan}}'': The ending has [[spoiler:Isabella fight her evil adopted mother, to let Blake escape. Isabella ends up killing them both]]. |
| 203 | * ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': |
| 204 | ** ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}:'' The fight between the female Guardian [[Characters/MCUGamora Gamora]] and Ronan's henchwoman [[Characters/MCUNebula Nebula]], who are actually adoptive sisters (as in, [[Characters/MCUThanos Thanos]] raised them as ChildSoldiers after invading their planets). The other Guardians are busy dealing with the rest of Ronan's Sakaaran mooks. Slightly downplayed as ItsPersonal, especially for Nebula, and the only other member of the team who would likely be able to put up a fight against her is [[Characters/MCUDrax Drax]]. |
| 205 | ** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': Natasha, Wanda and Okoye team up against DarkActionGirl Proxima Midnight during the battle at Wakanda. Earlier in the film however, the male heroes had no issues with fighting Proxima Midnight in Scotland. |
| 206 | ** ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'': Wanda effortlessly kills both of the male Illuminati who confront her (Black Bolt and Mr. Fantastic) without them even being able to touch her while the two remaining ones, Captain Carter and Maria Rambeau/Captain Marvel (who are both female, obviously) put up way more of a fight against her. |
| 207 | * ''Film/MeanGirls'' has the Matheletes sudden death round, Cady vs. Kraft. The opposing team picks Cady as Kraft's opponent solely because she's the only girl on the team. |
| 208 | * In ''Film/TheMedallion'', Claire Forlani's character Nicole faces off against Snakehead's only female minion. |
| 209 | * The fight between Evy and Anck-Su-Namun near the end of ''Film/TheMummyReturns''. The first film has a subversion, with Jonathan fighting Anck-Su-Namun. Although Evy and Anck-Su-Namun have significant history that would make them want to fight for personal reasons, and Evy is far more capable than Jonathan. It's less about not wanting to hit a girl and more about not getting your ass kicked by a girl. |
| 210 | * ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol'', in which token heroine Jane Carter squares off with token sexy female assassin Sabine Moreau. |
| 211 | * In ''Film/TheOutlawsIsComing'', Annie Oakley tells Ken that it wouldn't be right for him to be seen taking on a woman, so she takes on Belle Star. After they run out of ammo, their gunfight turns into a {{Catfight}}. |
| 212 | * ''Film/{{Push}}''. Cassie and the Triad girl fight. Double points since they had the same power as well. |
| 213 | * ''Film/ResidentEvilRetribution'' features Alice facing off against a brainwashed Jill Valentine and an evil clone of Rain Ocampo from the first movie. There's also a mini-scuffle between her and CanonImmigrant Ada Wong early on. |
| 214 | * Parodied in ''Film/RomeoMustDie''. Han and Trish are pursued by an assassin on a motorcycle. Han prepares to fight yet again, but this one is revealed to be a woman when her helmet comes off. Despite this woman literally trying to kill him, Han is unwilling to strike a female. [[TakeAThirdOption He instead holds Trish's arms and legs and directs her]], so that she's [[LoopholeAbuse technically doing the hitting]]. |
| 215 | -->'''Trish:''' "I don't know how it is in China, but in America, if a girl's kicking your ass, you don't have to be a gentleman." |
| 216 | * ''Film/RushHour2'': U.S.S. Agent Isabella Molina has a stand-off with DragonLady Hu Li. Subverted; Hu Li has a final battle with Carter, though it mainly consists of Carter trying to avoid being stabbed rather than actually fighting her. |
| 217 | * ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'': |
| 218 | ** It has Knives vs. Ramona fighting for Scott's affection. |
| 219 | ** Because Scott WouldntHitAGirl, his fight with Roxy involves Ramona fighting her using Scott as a {{People Puppet|s}}. (The equivalent scene in the comic has Scott spend most of the fight hiding inside Ramona's purse with his head peeking out, which would be cumbersome to reproduce for the film.) |
| 220 | * ''Film/SharkWeek'': When FinalGirl Reagan escapes the last shark and makes it to the shore, TheDragon Elena goes to the beach to deal with her personally without telling her boss. And she does not take a weapon with her so the two women have to fight hand-to-hand. |
| 221 | * ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' has Layla vs Penny. Averted when Will is the one to fight [[spoiler: [[SamusIsAGirl Royal Pain]]]]. |
| 222 | * ''Film/SupermanII'' has the evil Kryptonian woman Ursa getting punched out by [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]] (and apparently falling to her death) after getting depowered. Superman himself never hits her, even when she's as strong as he is. ''Film/ManOfSteel'' averts it. As [[DarkActionGirl Faora]] is more than a match for Superman, he has no reservations about fighting her himself. And neither do the soldiers who [[CurbStompBattle attempt to stop her]]. |
| 223 | * In ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice,'' [[NotSoPhonyPsychic Sarah]] and Helen Hunt have a sword fight in the climax. |
| 224 | * ''Film/Tekken2010'' has Nina and Christie face off in an intergender tournament. This is also averted when Nina and Anna try to assassinate Jin and Christy kicks plenty of ass against Kazuya's soldiers. |
| 225 | * Melina vs. Lori in the original ''Film/{{Total Recall|1990}}'', though Quaid still gets to finish off Lori. |
| 226 | * ''Film/TotalRecall2012'' has Melina fighting Lori, as well. |
| 227 | * ''Film/UndercoverBrother''. When Undercover Brother and Sista Girl square off against White She Devil and two male {{mooks}}, Sista Girl fights White She Devil and Undercover Brother deals with the mooks, but not before [[ATruceWhileWeGawk Undercover Brother and the mooks sit together on a sofa drinking beer]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK338Z4rd3M while they watch the women rip each other's clothes off and fight in a shower.]] |
| 228 | * In ''Film/VanHelsing'', with Dracula's brides in this version becoming a trio of {{Dark Action Girl}}s, you bet that the one with most screen time and significance is dispatched by the female lead. Downplayed in the sense that the first bride is killed by the hero himself, the second dies after being lured into a trap, and there's implied to be a history between Aleera and Anna that she doesn't appear to have with Marishka and Verona. Aleera is also fighting Anna not because she's a girl but because she's trying to get [[spoiler: the werewolf cure]] to Van Helsing, and she had previously fought the Creature, who was trying to buy Anna more time. |
| 229 | * ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': |
| 230 | ** ''Film/XMen1'' averts this, with Storm and Jean Grey fighting Toad in the final fight, with Wolverine taking on Mystique. Both fights are quite close before the good guys win in both instances. |
| 231 | ** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]] gets a rivalry with Callisto, fighting her on two occasions. However, this has less to do with them both being female than a nod to their complex relationship in the comics. |
| 232 | ** Yukio fights Viper at the end of ''Film/TheWolverine'', though it's mostly because Logan is occupied with the Silver Samurai at the time. |
| 233 | [[/folder]] |
| 234 | |
| 235 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 236 | * ''Literature/AnandasFall'' Averted when Ashley intervenes to prevent Izumi from beating up Laila for crushing on the same boy. |
| 237 | * ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'', Book 5: The female knight Britomart fights the evil Amazon queen Radigund because her boyfriend [[DistressedDude Artegall]] had to learn the hard way that WouldntHitAGirl should not apply when she's trying to kill you. |
| 238 | * ''Literature/FoxAndOHare'': In ''The Chase'', Kate O'Hare engages in a midair SheFu-laced fight with [=BlackRhino=] assassin Alexis Poulet as [[BoxedCrook Nick Fox]] is cracking a safe nearby. |
| 239 | * ''Literature/GoodOmens'': When the Them confront the [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Horse-persons of the Apocalypse]], the hot-headed tomboy Pepper is paired against the sole Horsewoman, War. |
| 240 | * Faye and Toshiko's battle in ''[[Literature/TheGrimnoirChronicles Hard Magic]]''. Unlike most examples, it's the most impressive and spectacular throwdown in a novel chock-full of them. |
| 241 | * In the final battle of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'': |
| 242 | ** While Voldemort is fighting two teachers (one of them female) and an Auror, his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Bellatrix Lestrange is fighting three schoolgirls...[[spoiler:and she gets offed by the MamaBear of one of them]]. |
| 243 | ** According to WordOfGod it's also Bellatrix who kills [[spoiler: Tonks]]. |
| 244 | ** Earlier in the seventh book, Luna Lovegood stuns Alecto Carrow presumably so Harry wouldn't have to. |
| 245 | ** Also notable is the fifth book when Dumbledore uses his magic to bring the statues in the Ministry of Magic to life. The statue of the witch goes for Bellatrix. |
| 246 | * OlderThanFeudalism: Happens in ''Literature/TheIliad'', [[SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality which is to be expected]] in an ancient Greek story. When the gods decide to stop fighting by supporting their favorites and fight directly, [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Hera]] picks a fight with Artemis and sends her home crying to Zeus in a CurbStompBattle. |
| 247 | * In ''Literature/LastSacrifice'', during her prison escape, Rose faces three guardians. Dimitri takes on the two male ones, while Rose faces Meredith. Meredith being one of her few female classmates. |
| 248 | * Played with in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime.'' The hesitancy of the three male leads (especially Rand) to hurt women causes it to be played straight at first. Then it's deconstructed when Rand's inability to hurt women is explicitly brought up as a liability his enemies can exploit, and especially when Moiraine has to step up and take on the vastly more powerful Lanfear because Rand can't make himself fight her, [[spoiler: leading to Moiraine's apparent death and a HeroicBSOD for Rand]]. The actual Last Battle averts the trope, featuring a mixture of same-sex confrontations and male vs. female ones. |
| 249 | [[/folder]] |
| 250 | |
| 251 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 252 | * In one that crosses with [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse another universe]], ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' has [[Characters/MCUThorOdinson Thor]]'s friend Sif sent to chase evil sorceress Lorelei on Earth. Justified in this case as Lorelei can ensnare all men to do her bidding. When they avoid this trope by sending male SHIELD agents after her it's a massive IdiotBall. That isn't the only case. There's also: May vs Akela Amador, May vs Petra, Skye vs Raina, May vs Agent 33, Skye vs Agent 33 and there was also an episode the almost set-up a Mockingbird vs Simmons but Mockingbird was revealed to be a mole. There are also some exceptions: Coulson vs Camilla, May vs Deathlok, Ward vs Sophia and May vs Carl Creel. There was also a gender inversion when May, Lance Hunter and Mockingbird fought a bunch of HYDRA mooks, with Hunter taking out the sole female mook while May and Mockingbird fought the guys. |
| 253 | * A fair number of episodes of ''Series/{{Alias}}'' have this. Sydney's a trained spook, and always has a gun, but if a female enemy spook shows up, the gun will be kicked from her hand, and the two of them will throw down. |
| 254 | * Batgirl in most versions, especially the LampshadeHanging-laden 1960s {{Camp}} ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}''. |
| 255 | * A completely justified example occurs in the second season finale of ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}''. [[spoiler:When Stormfront ambushes the Boys, the only characters even ''capable'' of fighting back are Starlight and Kimiko, so the male characters stand aside since there isn't much they can do. Stormfront has the upperhand until Queen Maeve shows up, essentially turning a standard superhero battle into a hilariously brutal CurbStompBattle.]] WordOfGod is that this was intended as a TakeThat towards the forced designated girl fight in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. |
| 256 | * In ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', any and all female spies will be taken care of by--you guessed it--Sarah. The traitor in the C.A.T. Squad? Check. La Ciudad? Check. The female spy at her high school reunion? Check. And that fight was ''wet''. It was especially ridiculous in one episode where it was Casey and Sarah vs Two Female Assassins. Casey simply restrains one of them and shoves her over to Sarah for a beat-up when she's done with the other. Even brutally lampshaded, when Chuck once has to face a female opponent. Despite having just beat up a bunch of males, he puts his hands up and squeals, [[WouldntHitAGirl "I can't hit a girl!"]] Sarah then shoves him aside and says, "But I can!" |
| 257 | * As of the second season on ''Series/CobraKai.'' When it gets down to the season finale, Tory and Sam (being in RivalDojos) will inevitably get into it. Better justified than most, since Tory and Sam are part of the same increasingly intricate LoveDodecahedron and will actively seek out their romantic rival when the time comes to throw hands. |
| 258 | ** Justified in the season four finale as the final fights occur during the All Valley Tournament. The committee were concerned about male and female opponents fighting in the previous year so they created a separate female division. Of course, the final match came down to Sam vs Tory. |
| 259 | * ''Series/DarkWinds'': Bernadette Manuelito, the [[ActionGirl female police officer]] on the good side, goes to arrest Ada, the WickedWitch with the bad guys. This results in a vicious fight between them [[spoiler:and ends with Ada's death in a fire]]. |
| 260 | * Lampshaded, after a fashion, in an episode of ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'': when the group pairs off for the big brawl at the end of the episode, Cooter laments that the only person left for him to fight is a girl. Cue [[MsFanservice Daisy]], who steps forward and says, "Oh, no, she's mine!" |
| 261 | * In ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Inara]] heads off on her own to try to stop [[TheVamp Saffron's]] plans twice. The first time, Inara loses a martial arts catfight to Saffron, who doesn't get away for long. The second time, Inara gets the upper hand by actually having set the whole thing up with Mal [[UnspokenPlanGuarantee ahead of time]] as a BatmanGambit. |
| 262 | * ''Series/InFromTheCold'': Jenny faces Gaia, her replacement in the SVR, during “Gideon”, for an epic fight on the ice at the skating rink. |
| 263 | * ''Series/{{JAG}}'': Meg Austin vs Angelique in "DĂ©jĂ Vu", [[spoiler: after Angelique drugged Harm and tried to murder him]]. |
| 264 | * ''Series/JuukouBFighter'' averts this. In episode 18, when the three Jamahl army commanders are sent out to fight the B-Fighters, DarkActionGirl Jera fights TheLeader, Blue Beet. Reddle, the sole female of the B-Fighters, fights the EvilGenius Schwartz. |
| 265 | * ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'': Aguilera is only seen fighting Sakura Igarashi, even before they gained their super-powered forms. This is generally due to Aguilera becoming fixated on Sakura: it seems to start out as a kind of playful teasing out of respect and solidarity for "girl power"; but gets more serious as Aguilera loses everything she believed in and her self-esteem starts to plummet, and she starts picking fights to regain her pride by defeating the woman she considers her rival. Eventually it gets to a point where some of the characters speculate that Aguilera is trying to commit SuicideByCop. (Sakura, for her part, averts this trope and is willing to fight any MonsterOfTheWeek regardless of gender.) |
| 266 | * Subverted in the season 3 finale of ''{{Series/Merlin|2008}}''. Gwen goes for [[DarkActionGirl Morgana]] but, being untrained in sword fighting, is easily defeated leaving it to Merlin to take her on. Also it's Gaius who takes out Morgause. |
| 267 | * In ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' "Search and Destroy," Root broke off from a shootout with Samaritan's forces to go after Martine, whom she has a vendetta against, personally. The next time Root and Martine meet, Root takes the time to kill Martine in an otherwise hopeless situation before surrendering. |
| 268 | * In ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', whenever both heroes and villains have combatants of both genders on the field, the guys tend to break off into one skirmish while the girls have their own fight. However, averted when at least one side is composed of only a single gender (or even a single ''person'' as is normal for villains; with either the MonsterOfTheWeek or TheDragon), as neither side will hold back due to gender. |
| 269 | ** Done very frustratingly when ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' and ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' crossed over, where the mind controlled Ninja Rangers team squared off against the Dino Rangers; the show broke its unofficial color-coding rules to have the female Blue Ninja Ranger and Yellow Dino Ranger fight each other instead of their like-colored male counterparts. |
| 270 | ** This applies to crossovers whether or not they're fighting each other: when two teams fight side-by-side, they break up into Red Rangers, other guys, and girls, regardless of suit colour. |
| 271 | ** In the original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', it was fairly common to see Jason, Zack and Billy fighting Goldar while Trini and Kimberly fought Scorpina. This was back before Goldar [[VillainDecay stopped being a threat to any of them]] and Scorpina was PutOnABus, of course. |
| 272 | * In the BBC series of ''Series/RobinHood'', whenever the outlaws fought the law, Kate would always make a beeline for Isabella, the [[BettyAndVeronica Veronica to her Betty]], and her rival for Robin's affection. It was only a matter of time before the catfight ensued. |
| 273 | * Used in the ''Series/{{Sliders}}'' episode "Data World". A villain sends a male and a female {{Mook|s}} after the Sliders. When the male shows up, the three guys fight him while Maggie (the team's ActionGirl) simply runs and hides. When the female arrives, ''then'' Maggie steps up and declares, "This one is ''mine''!" |
| 274 | * ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' |
| 275 | ** In "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror Mirror, Mirror]]", it's Uhura who steps in to disarm Marlena Moreau when the latter pulls a knife. |
| 276 | ** In "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E16TheGamestersOfTriskelion The Gamesters of Triskelion]]", Kirk, Chekov, and Uhura face two male and two female gladiators. Kirk and Chekov take one male each, while Uhura has to fight ''both'' women. |
| 277 | * ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E3CodeOfHonor Code of Honor]]", Tasha has to fight a chick to the death for the amusement of their hosts. Dead girl gets better. |
| 278 | * ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': Considering the small number of {{Action Girl}}s among the cast with the SuperStrength to rival a Romulan's, plus the fact that Soji despises violence and probably doesn't even know Narissa exists, it shouldn't come as a surprise that Seven of Nine is the one to face off against Narissa in a one-on-one combat in "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2." Elnor, a Romulan man, nearly killed Narissa with her own knife in "Nepenthe", but she was saved by a TeleportationRescue, so her survival allowed for this trope to occur. |
| 279 | * Also used a lot in ''Rangers''' source material ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', in which TheHeart fights the DarkActionGirl. |
| 280 | ** ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'' has Zenobia against [=DynaPink=] in... [[{{Fanservice}} a battle that had them end up stripping]]. |
| 281 | ** ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' has Lamie (who'd become Scorpina above) against Mei/[=PteraRanger=] |
| 282 | ** ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' has Shibolena against [=MegaYellow=]. Evidence? If you watch the show carefully whenever Shibolena fight she always fight her. Likewise, the Nejiranger females always fought against their good counterparts, though it's justified by the way of the Nejiranger being made to take out their specific counterparts. |
| 283 | ** ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' actually averted this for the most part, Illiess had no rivalry with Saya/[=GingaPink=] and Shelinda's rivalry was had with Hayate/[=GingaGreen=] for the whole series. The [[Film/SeijuuSentaiGingamanVsMegaranger crossover film]] with ''Megaranger'', however, did have Saya and Illiess fight one another separately. |
| 284 | ** ''Series/KyuKyuSentaiGoGoV'' has Denus against [=GoPink=]. [[spoiler:Also singing battle in ep 45 to snap her brothers out of the mind-control trance Denus' song put them in.]] |
| 285 | ** ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger'' has Lila against [=TimePink=]. Not too seriously that is. |
| 286 | ** ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'': Mirroring Yabaiba's rivalry with [=GaoYellow=] is Tsuetsue's rivalry with [=GaoWhite=]. |
| 287 | ** ''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger'' has Furabijo against Nanami/[=HurricaneBlue=], Wendinu at times joined her in as well. |
| 288 | ** ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' has Dayu Usuwaka against [=ShinkenPink=]. |
| 289 | ** Downplayed in ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'', where Escape choses the [[SuperStrength Super Strong]] Blue Buster as her WorthyOpponent, drawn in by his SuperpoweredEvilSide. She does, however, notably come to blows with Yellow Buster in #37, the WeddingEpisode which sees them dressed as brides in black and white respectively. |
| 290 | * ''Series/TidelandsNetflix'': Cal, the heroine who is an ActionGirl, fights and [[spoiler:kills Leandra]], her enemy who's a DarkActionGirl, in the season 1 finale. |
| 291 | * ''Series/UnnaturalHistory'': Maggie and the female scientist in "Thor's Slammer". |
| 292 | * ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': In episodes where the lead villain is a woman and a final fight is demanded, there invariably will be a female guest star-- whether a civilian, a Ranger (especially Sydney after she joins the main cast) or any other law enforcement officer-- who will be tasked with taking out the female villain. This is because Walker and Trivette WouldntHitAGirl (unlike the male villains, [[WouldHitAGirl who freely beat up women]]). |
| 293 | * ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'' has [[spoiler:Carol fighting against Mary in the beginning of the fifth season while Rick, Daryl, Glenn, and Bob fight against the mostly male Terminus group while escaping]]. |
| 294 | * Inverted by ''Series/WandaVision'', where the fight between Wanda Maximoff and [[spoiler:Agatha Harkness]] in the finale is the main event that forces [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction S.W.O.R.D.]] to get involved and Monica Rambeau and even Darcy Lewis to jump in, while the fight between The Vision and [[spoiler:White Vision/Catalyst]] happens off to the side [[spoiler:and is ultimately resolved peacefully]]. |
| 295 | * ''Series/WantedDeadOrAlive'': In "Fatal Memory", the female [[MonsterOfTheWeek villain of the week]] is tackled by the daughter of the man she was attempting to frame, while Josh fights the villainess' brother outside. |
| 296 | * Literally OncePerEpisode for ''Series/WaterlooRoad''. |
| 297 | * ''Series/Willow2022'': Jade, the best woman warrior in the heroes' party fights Scorpia, leader of the [[BanditClan Bone Reavers]], who's a good fighter herself. [[spoiler:This ends when Scorpia realizes Jade's her [[LongLostRelative long-lost younger sister]].]] |
| 298 | * ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'': Alex vs... Dark Alex, and Mason vs Dominic. Slightly justified in that Evil Alex was Alex's clone. It's weird in that [[ActingForTwo the same]] [[Creator/SelenaGomez actor]] played them. |
| 299 | [[/folder]] |
| 300 | |
| 301 | [[folder:Magazines]] |
| 302 | * ''Magazine/MADMagazine'' had this in their spoof of ''Film/JudgeDredd''. When Hershey and Hayden have their fight as detailed above, Hershey declares that this proves the movie supports gender equality, while Hayden reminds her that [[CatFight "we're fighting to show off some boobs and buns".]] |
| 303 | [[/folder]] |
| 304 | |
| 305 | [[folder:Manhua]] |
| 306 | * Subverted in ''Manhua/CyberWeaponZ''. When Anling fights Soti, she has no idea that Soti is female since [[SweetPollyOliver she's wearing a male uniform and a rather impersonal helmet]]. |
| 307 | [[/folder]] |
| 308 | |
| 309 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 310 | * The Mixed Tag Team Match has these exact rules – when the male half of a {{tag team}} tags to his female partner, the female opponent also must tag in. Other than the time required for the female to make her tag and leave the ring, it is illegal for the male wrestler to be in the ring with his female opponent, and is a disqualifying offense if he lands an offensive move. Of course, it is not unheard of in these matches for a {{heel}} male wrestler to [[WouldHitAGirl hit his female opponent]] while his female tag team partner keeps the referee distracted, or for the female {{face}} to land a finishing move on the male heel wrestler that leads to the pinfall. The announcers will stress the rules and if necessary, the difference between an intergender and mixed tag team match, the former where men and women are allowed to fight each other.\ |
| 311 | \ |
| 312 | In more family friendly settings typically a male heel in order to still get the crowd against him won't attack the face female but does go for the pinfall in one of two scenarios. The first when the face girl takes the finisher of the heel female or sustains an injury that doesn't allow her to kick out in time. In the other the face girl usually still has stamina to fight back but is temporarily dazed by a normal attack or sometimes even standing when the male heel will pin her, if she is standing he will bring her down. In this instance the male heel will use his upper body strength and higher body weight to prevent the face girl from kicking out and she will visibly be kicking her legs trying to escape until the three count is completed. There is a third less family friendly option similar to the second scenario where the male heel will do the pinfall on the female face when the male face is either distracted or taken out but the pin position is rather sexual in nature. Similar to the second scenario the female face will rarely, if ever, kick out through her own strength. |
| 313 | * To deal with Brandi Wine, the manager of the Mavericks in 1995, Denny Cooley and [[Wrestling/TheRockNRollExpress Ricky Morton]] enlisted a woman Wine [[HoistByHisOwnPetard had brought to a previous show in her search for a training partner]], Lexie Fyfe. |
| 314 | * Wrestling/{{Ivory}} was basically called out of retirement when it was deemed Wrestling/DLoBrown and Wrestling/MarkHenry couldn't take direct revenge against Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} and Wrestling/{{Terri|Runnels}} for turning them against each other. |
| 315 | * Since its brand extension era, the Wrestling/{{WWE}} gradually reached this point where it only has men fighting men and women fighting women in intergender matches. In Mixed Tag Team matches, it is rare that the males actually fight the females; as such, invariably when a male heel has been tagged in to finish off a female face that had been dominated by her female opponent for several minutes, she will recover enough to tag in her male partner before he can land a blow (often by having the male attempt an elbow drop or other mat attack but having her roll out of the way at the last second, or having the male wrestler taunt the fans and/or male opponent and stalk the fallen female wrestler before she gains her second wind and rolls to tag in her partner). Part of the lack of actual male-on-female fighting is attributed to concerns by women's groups concerned about male-initiated violence on women, or increased regulations by the networks or the companies themselves – those wanting to push a family friendly product that discourages males being the aggressor on females (keep in mind there was a time when PG rated Smackdown was well ahead of TV 14 Raw in ratings, [[BrieferThanTheyThink albeit a brief one]]). However, this is twisted in that women are allowed to defend themselves against men or have all the offense in a match against a male wrestler, with the man not being allowed to even defend himself with a counter move ... not even so much as ducking out of the way of the female wrestler's flying cross body block to cause her to land outside the ring. |
| 316 | * {{Deconstructed|trope}} in Wrestling/RingOfHonor, where [[Wrestling/MickieJames Alexis Laree]] cut ties with Julio Dinero for not helping her against Allison Danger of the Christopher Street Connection. By contrast, even the [[{{the stoner}} always strung out]] Special K stable ran to aid Becky Bayless when she was obviously outmatched against opponents such as Laree. {{Exploited|trope}} later when Laree joined up with Amazing Red and Wrestling/AJStyles to stand against the Prophecy Stable, whose membership included {{arch enemy}} Simply Luscious. Stable leader Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels challenged Laree to face Luscious one on one, then [[LuredIntoATrap jumped her from behind]] before she ever got to Luscious. |
| 317 | * {{Enforced|trope}} in [[Wrestling/TotalNonstopActionWrestling TNA]] after Bitchslap, a stable demanding equal rights for men and women, were repeatedly injured in matches against Wrestling/RonKillings and America's Most Wanted. No further male on female matches were booked and Wrestling/JimCornette would personally prevent any man from attacking a woman, regardless of how justified fans thought it was, forcing the baby {{face}}s to find female body guards. |
| 318 | * {{Invoked|trope}} by Wrestling/JillianHall, who joined [[Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick Paul London and Brian Kendrick]] to get revenge on Wrestling/{{Melina}}, who managed London and Kendrick's rivals MNM. Jillian stuck around long enough to fight Wrestling/MichelleMcCool too, who led another rival team the, Teacher's Pets (KC James and [[Wrestling/DamienSandow Aaron "the Idon" Stevens]]). Later Wrestling/AshleyMassaro handled [=McCool=] for them. {{Averted|trope}} in London and Kendrick's feuds with Deuce N' Domino, whose [[Wrestling/KaraDrew valet]] was a nice lady and Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam, as Charlie Haas would attack London and Kendrick's valets to protect his [[Wrestling/JackieGayda wife]]. |
| 319 | * {{Inverted|trope}}: In Deep South Wrestling, where Krissy Vaine brought in Matt Striker during her feud with Tracy Taylor to fight her husband Mike. |
| 320 | * In Professional Championship Wrestling "Angel Of Mercy" Claudia feuded with two {{evil counterpart}}s "Angel Of Wrath" Mace Malone and "Angel Of Misery" James Johnson. But since they were men and she was woman [[Wrestling/EmberMoon Athena]] was usually fighting Claudia on Johnson or Malone's orders, to the point Athena became more famous for using Johnson's O-Face FinishingMove than he did. |
| 321 | * {{Inverted|trope}}: In TNA when [[Wrestling/BillyGunn Cute Kip]] joined Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople and ended up fighting Wrestling/{{Rh|yno}}ino. |
| 322 | * {{Downplayed|trope}} when The Olsen Twins teamed with Portia Perez, The Briscoe Brothers teamed with Wrestling/AmazingKong and Mike Quackenbush teamed with Wrestling/ManamiToyota when facing the [[Wrestling/ChrisHero Kings]] [[Wrestling/SaraDelRey Of]] [[Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli Wrestling]] in 2CW, ROH and Wrestling/{{Chikara}} respectively. While they chose women to even the numbers, the history with Del Rey was just as, if not more important than them being women. |
| 323 | * {{Defied|Trope}} by Wrestling/MariaKanellis in Ring of Honor after she attacked Sara Del Rey and ended up starting a feud she couldn't win. Since then she made sure to wait until husband Wrestling/MikeBennett, stable leader Wrestling/AdamCole and or any other members of The Kingdom were available before jumping other women wrestlers like Wrestling/MsChif and [[Wrestling/JessicaKresa ODB]] (though Bennett couldn't save her from Del Rey due having Wrestling/EddieEdwards at his throat). |
| 324 | * {{Justified|Trope}} in TNA's World Cup, where every team is made up of representatives for each of TNA's active title divisions. Heavyweight, X ([[DependingOnTheWriter which ranges from "no limits" to "cruiser weights" only]]), TagTeam, etc., with "Knockout" being a woman's title. Realizing they had no women capable of beating Wrestling/MickieJames, [[Wrestling/AcesAndEightsWrestlers Aces & Eights]] appropriated Wrestling/IvelisseVelez from team international, which also led to a {{subver|tedtrope}}sion (Aces & Eights ran out and attacked Mickie, surprising right?) and an {{aver|ted trope}}sion, Team USA still tied with Aces & Eights, leading to a tag match tie breaker involving all team members. |
| 325 | * {{Subverted|trope}} at the 2013 Magnificent Championship Wrestling {{Rags To Riches}} Rumble, where Cassie Cool was eliminated right when Miss Beaa entered. There was a [[CrowdChant chant]] of "CatFight" when Holly Madison entered but she got illegally eliminated before she could reach Beaa. |
| 326 | * Completely {{averted|Trope}} in ''Wrestling/LuchaUnderground'' where the girls are expected to fight against the guys all the time, with no concessions made for the gender. Basically unavoidable as, for most of the first season at least, there were only 2 female wrestlers on the roster (Sexy Star and [[Wrestling/IvelisseVelez Ivelisse]]), who faced each other in a mixed doubles match (partnered with Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr and Son of Havoc respectively) in the second episode,[[note]]and that match was actually a rematch between Sexy and ''Havoc'' who'd fought (with Havoc winning) in the ''first'' episode[[/note]] then consequently went on to fight the men on the roster for the rest of the series rather than feuding with each other. |
| 327 | * {{Reconstruction}} after ROH [[ReImaginingTheArtifact branded]] its "Women of Honor" as a competitive division. BJ Whitmer doesn't have a moral issue with hitting women, as [[Wrestling/DaffneyUnger Lucy]] can attest, nor much fear of how the company may penalize him, evidenced by his membership in both The Prophecy and Decade. He started having Wrestling/KellyKlein assault them in his place because in Whitmer's mind he'd be depriving Klein of chances to establish herself in the new division and [[PsychoSupporter he's very dedicated to her success]]. However, when Wrestling/CandiceLeRae revealed Klein [[HopeSpot might not be as unstoppable as Whitmer advertised]] he was [[SubvertedTrope quick to return to his woman beating ways]] to keep Klein's record unblemished. |
| 328 | * {{Inverted|Trope}} and {{subverted|Trope}} at the sixth RISE show where Andrew Everette and his long established tormentor Wrestling/JimmyJacobs were the only men wrestling on the card and were on opposite sides of a multiperson TagTeam match. Jacobs ended up getting beaten up by the true star of Everette's team, Taya Valkyrie. |
| 329 | [[/folder]] |
| 330 | |
| 331 | [[folder:Sports]] |
| 332 | * Just about all sports are separated into male and female competitions to eliminate the differences between the sexes as a factor in athletic achievement. In the Olympics, the only exceptions are equestrian and some yachting events. |
| 333 | ** This is averted in most non-professional and non-interscholastic instances. Most pre-Little League teams – that is, mostly those for children yet to reach 10 years old or so – will allow mixed teams. Men and women can be seen on mixed teams, sometimes with mixed teams playing each other, in open gyms, just-for-fun outings, etc. In gym class, including intramurals, there's often mixed teams. Non-professional softball often has mixed teams, with rules stating where women and men are in the batting order, etc. |
| 334 | ** Outside of the Olympics there's mixed doubles tennis. Teams of one male player, one female player. Used to be a good example of the trope since it was considered unsporting for the male player to target the woman on the opposite team but his partner probably would as the weaker player. Now largely averted since woman's tennis has become more athletic and the best male players don't play doubles while the top female players do. |
| 335 | ** There are also a small but growing number of professional female jockeys and race car drivers who compete in the same competitions as their male counterparts. |
| 336 | ** The rules of muggle quidditch avert this trope by not only allowing males and females to play on the same teams, but specifically requiring that each team have no more than five (of seven) players of the same gender on the field at any time. |
| 337 | [[/folder]] |
| 338 | |
| 339 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 340 | * ''{{Toys/BIONICLE}}'' had a lot of these [[TheSmurfettePrinciple on the rare occasion that a female antagonist turned up]] - Helryx vs Tuyet and Gali vs Gorast come to mind. |
| 341 | [[/folder]] |
| 342 | |
| 343 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 344 | * ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'': |
| 345 | ** Subverted in the opening cinematic: It at first appears that [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI FF6's]] [[SquishyWizard Terra]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII FF8's]] [[TheVamp Ultimecia]] are having a magic duel, but it's actually a trick: Ultimecia is working with [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII FF2's]] [[SorcerousOverlord Emperor]], hanging back on the sidelines, to make Terra fall into one of his [[TrapMaster traps]]. |
| 346 | ** It is averted in cinematics for ''[[{{Prequel}} Dissidia Duodecim]]''--from what we've seen thusfar, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Lightning]] faces [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Garland]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Laguna and Ultimecia]] fight each other, as do [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Tifa and Sephiroth]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI Shantotto, Prishe]], and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Terra]] haven't been depicted fighting any particular opponent, and we've yet to see the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII Cloud of Darkness]] at all. |
| 347 | ** ...And now it's evident that, of the three female protagonists who were prominent in the 12th cycle, only Tifa adhered to this trope and ended up facing off against another woman (Ultimecia); [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Yuna]] was pitted against the Emperor (for what he did to Tidus and Jecht), and Lightning remained against Garland. And, in another aversion (...sort of?) though the Cloud of Darkness [[NoBiologicalSex isn't technically female]] (on account of being an AnthropomorphicPersonification), its opponent ended up being Laguna (whose [[MythologyGag leg cramps]] [[DistractedByTheSexy promptly started acting up]]). |
| 348 | * In ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 6'', when Yue Ying and Zhen Ji encounter each other at the battle of Han Zhong, they exchange insults about each other's husbands. Depending on which side of the battle you're playing, the dialogue will change slightly, but whichever one is on your side will land the final zinger, and the other will become enraged and go into hyper mode. |
| 349 | * The slap fight between Tifa and Scarlet near the end of the second disc of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. |
| 350 | * In ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'''s first cinematic introduction, this is subverted. At first, we are shown two teams with TwoGuysAndAGirl, with the guys facing off against guys (Jim Raynor vs Diablo and Tyrael vs Arthas) and the girl against girl (Nova vs Kerrigan). As soon as they start fighting, however, Kerrigan and Tyrael take to the skies, leaving Nova dealing with Arthas and helping Raynor against Diablo. |
| 351 | * Averted in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters '97''. The New Faces team is more or less an [[ThePsychoRangers evil counterpart]] to Japan's Hero Team, but the resident lightning user (Shermie) is female. Although considering that she's [[{{Bishonen}} Benimaru's]] counterpart, perhaps it's being played straight... |
| 352 | ** Also averted in the ''Treasures of God'' path. You ''can'' make Chizuru fight Shermie, but this is completely optional. |
| 353 | ** In general, fighting games tend to zig-zag the trope to Hell and back. You ''can'' have a Designated Girl Fight if you choose an ActionGirl as your chara and have her face a female enemy, but there are more than one ways to avert this unless said fight is pre-determined by plot and/or paths. |
| 354 | * ''VideoGame/Persona3'': Near the end of ''The Answer'' section of [[UpdatedRerelease FES]], [[spoiler:SEES splits into factions and fights each other over what to do with the Keys of Time. Even though the Yukari-Mitsuru duo, which wants to use the keys to undo the protagonist's death, is most opposed to the Akihiko-Ken duo, who are adamant about returning to the present, they ultimately end up fighting the initially neutral and entirely female trio of [[PlayerCharacter Aigis]], Metis and [[MissionControl Fuuka]]]]. |
| 355 | * In ''VideoGame/PokemonConquest'', the majority of the female Warriors' special episodes center around a contest to determine "Ransei's Greatest Beauty", where the only available Warriors (generics included) are females. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And]] [[DudeLooksLikeALady Ranmaru]]. |
| 356 | * ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'': |
| 357 | ** Used to a degree, during the two-on-two boss battle with Wesker and [[spoiler:Jill]]. If Chris keeps Wesker's attention on him, Sheva will engage and attempt to restrain [[spoiler:Jill]] to keep her out of the fight. |
| 358 | ** Averted if you play as Sheva, where Chris will offer to take care of [[spoiler:Jill]] while she deals with Wesker. |
| 359 | * In ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors 2'', Oichi and Nohime's Gaiden battles are ''literal'' Designated Girl Fights, as they challenge each other (and all of the female characters, plus [[DudeLooksLikeALady Ranmaru]] [[ViewerGenderConfusion Mori]]) to see who the fairest in the land is. At the beginning of said battles, an absolutely delighted UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga eggs them on. |
| 360 | * Originally averted by the old ''[[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames Smackdown vs. Raw]]'' games, which allowed male on female matches and even had an 'undetermined' gender to allow characters to win both male and female titles. One entry in the series actually had a challenge mission that tasked the player with using Wrestling/CandiceMichelle to defeat [[MightyGlacier The Great Khali]]. Unfortunately the series has succumbed to political correctness in recent years and the only match type that can feature both males and females is the mixed tag match. If you are controlling a male character then the game makes it almost impossible for you to strike a female competitor and you are forced to tag out. If you do somehow manage to land a blow then you automatically lose the match by DQ. |
| 361 | * Averted in ''VideoGame/SonicRiders'', in which Tails's rival, Wave, is female. Also averted in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''. Knuckles is Rouge's rival. |
| 362 | * Usually averted in the [[VideoGame/SoulSeries SoulCalibur series]], where everyone fights everyone. The opening of ''Soul Calibur 2'' does have a fanservice-heavy fight between Ivy and Taki (possibly to show off their new [[MostCommonSuperpower assets]]), but they have no in-game connection, and by the third game's cinematic they're fighting Cervantes and Voldo, respectively. |
| 363 | * {{Enforced|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/StardewValley'', in [[spoiler:Leah's 10-heart event. In this event you have the option to punch Leah's ex, who will always be the same gender as the player. This was probably done to avoid any UnfortunateImplications that would come from a male player punching a girl.]] |
| 364 | * Basically averted in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', where [[http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Fight_Your_Rival#Rival_list rival fights]] have a pretty balanced gender mix. The only real instance of this trope is Cammy, who has three rival fights (most characters only have one or two), all against other women. |
| 365 | ** In the box art cover of ''Arcade Edition'' the only female representation consist of Chun-Li and Ibuki while the rest are males representing bosses, newcomers, or the old guard of the game. Chun-Li being on the left side and Ibuki being on the right both look ready to fight each other. |
| 366 | * Inverted in ''VideoGame/{{Summoner}}'', when [[spoiler:Jekhar and Rosalind fight Sornehan and Galienne]], the player might be tempted pair them up in this fashion, but [[spoiler: Sornehan is invulnerable to physical damage, while Galienne is invulnerable to magic, which makes such a match-up UnWinnable since Jekhar is TheBigGuy and Rosalind is a WhiteMage]]. |
| 367 | * ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', where Peach and Mimi face off one on one at the end. The game also has a Designated [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]] Fight between Bowser and O'Chunks. |
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| 369 | |
| 370 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 371 | * Subverted in ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', as while the first four chapters featured cases where the killers were the same sex as their victims, the fifth chapter has [[spoiler:Chiaki, a girl, killing Nagito, a boy (though [[AxCrazy Nagito]] was the one who set it up, [[ThanatosGambit tricking]] Chiaki into [[AccidentalMurder unknowingly killing him]] as part of a [[GambitRoulette complex plan]] to out her as [[TheMole the traitor]])]]. |
| 372 | [[/folder]] |
| 373 | |
| 374 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 375 | * ''Webcomic/KidRadd'' {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this when the main characters have a little sparring match with a group of fighting game characters, and the only two females present wind up fighting each other. |
| 376 | -->'''Sheena:''' Oh look, I'm up against a girl. Hooray for typecasting. |
| 377 | * Mostly averted in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' as males in the comic are willing (and in some cases, [[HeroicComedicSociopath more than willing]]) to take on female opponents (Belkar vs Hag, Roy vs Sabine, Roy vs Miko, Belkar vs Miko, Hinjo vs Miko, Redcloak vs Miko, everyone vs Miko, [[RunningGag notice a pattern here?]]). However, Haley has [[LampshadeHanging noted]] that she has a tendency to end up fighting flying, murderous skanks. She even cracks a line that Leeky's Animal Companion was likely some sort of bird-hussy. Justified in Haley's case, since other than their spellcasters (one of which is male, and the other is of indeterminable gender), Haley is the party's only ranged attacker. Since their enemies tend to neutralize their spellcasters often, it's often up to Haley to attack any flying enemies. |
| 378 | * ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'': Hysterical Dame and Nervous Broad are the ones who fight and defeat Madame Murel; all three are the {{Distaff Counterpart}}s of Problem Sleuth, Pickle Inspector and Mobster Kingpin. |
| 379 | * ''Webcomic/RedHoodOutlaws'': Defied in the punnily titled "End of the Trope". The group is being attacked by a CarnivalOfKillers, and Artemis (the lone female Outlaw) winds up against Lady Shiva (one of two female assassins who turned up, alongside Cheshire). Artemis complains that the only two women in a group facing off is so played out, and is satisfied when male killers Assassin and Constantine Drakon show up alongside Shiva. |
| 380 | * ''Webcomic/SonicTheGUNProject'': The first issue has Sally and Rouge against one another when the latter attacks the former as her team is trying to deal with Metal Sonic. |
| 381 | * Played with in ''Webcomic/StationSquare'': when Brin, Sven, and Dahlia are going after Graves, Dillinger and Ridley, they initially plan for Dahlia (female) to fight Graves (male), Brin (male) to fight Dillinger (female), and Sven to fight Ridley (both male). However their plans are thrown awry, and instead Dahlia ends up fighting Dillinger alone. |
| 382 | [[/folder]] |
| 383 | |
| 384 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 385 | * ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' often pits two female combatants against each other: |
| 386 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]] vs. Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}}, battle of two of some of the most recognisable women in comics. [[spoiler:The winner is Rogue. Wonder Woman's {{Stripperiffic}} outfit exposes a lot of skin, allowing Rogue to easily touch her and steal her power.]] |
| 387 | ** [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Felicia]] vs. [[Franchise/BlazBlue Taokaka]], a CatFight [[CatGirl taken literally]]. [[spoiler:The winner is Taokaka. Taokaka is much faster and more agile, and has long razor claws.]] |
| 388 | ** [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]] vs [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Mai]] [[VideoGame/FatalFury Shiranui]], battle of two of gaming's top female martial artists. [[spoiler:Mai Shiranui wins, as even though Chun-Li outmatches her in strength and hand-to-hand skill, Mai has her steel fans and energy-based attacks.]] |
| 389 | ** [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]] vs. [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]], battle of Nintendo's top two damsels in distress. [[spoiler:Princess Peach wins. In terms of magical firepower, the two are evenly matched, but Peach has a more varied arsenal of weapons, is more athletic, and has a kick that can decapitate an opponent.]] |
| 390 | ** [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Ivy Valentine]] vs. [[VideoGame/KillerInstinct Black Orchid]], battle of the video game {{Femme Fatale}}s. [[spoiler:Black Orchid wins. Ivy has better ability to strike at range, but Orchid's ability to turn into a flaming panther and phase through attacks brought the fight into close quarters, where she has the advantage over Ivy. Also, Ivy has no ability to counter Orchid's magic. Finally, Orchid's victory over a millennia-old warlord where even the greatest warriors of the past failed highlights superior fighting skill, whereas Ivy's win/loss record within the ''Soul'' canon is spotty, with 3 wins in 7 battles with two of those being rematches.]] |
| 391 | ** [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Yang Xiao Long]] vs. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Tifa Lockheart]], battle of the [[GoodOldFisticuffs boxing]] [[CuteBruiser brawlers]]. [[spoiler:Yang wins. Tifa's Premium Heart boosts her strength by a lot, but crucially it resets after Tifa uses a LimitBreak, while Yang's own ability to increase her strength through her Semblence is SoulPower and hence cannot be disabled or removed. Coupled with Yang's superior durability (as opposed to Tifa's GlassCannon tendencies), Yang is able to withstand the worst of Tifa's hits and get the killing move in.]] |
| 392 | ** [[Franchise/StreetFighter Cammy White]] vs. [[Franchise/MortalKombat Sonya Blade]], two of gaming's most famous female tournament fighters. [[spoiler:Sonya wins. Sonya has a decade's worth of fighting experience over Cammy, and has more than once prevailed over supernatural foes back-to-back. She has crushed a steel anvil with a single punch, a feat that surpasses any durability feat of Cammy's, and she has exclusive access to ranged weaponry and a willingness to use it in a street fight, while Cammy does not.]] |
| 393 | ** [[Franchise/DragonBall Android 18]] vs. [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Captain Marvel]], blonde-haired action girls with powers of flight and energy blasts that were obtained from an experiment. [[spoiler:Android 18 wins, eclipsing most of Captain Marvel's abilities in strength speed, and durability. While Captain Marvel could use EnergyAbsorption against 18's energy attacks to power herself up, 18's experience with fighting energy absorbers made her genre savvy enough to use physical blows.]] |
| 394 | * ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'' played this straight for the first 3 seasons. The only boy vs. girl battle they did (Adam vs. Eve) was designed as a [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast battle of the sexes]]. The only other three battles with females were girl-on-girl (Palin vs. Lady Gaga, Cleopatra vs. Marilyn Monroe, and Miley Cyrus vs. Joan of Arc). They seem to be playing with this more in Season 4, with Ghostbusters vs. Mythbusters having one woman on an otherwise all-male team going up against an all-male team, and Romeo & Juliet vs. Bonnie & Clyde being a battle between 2 couples, each with one man and one woman. However, there were still no single woman versus single man battles apart from Adam vs. Eve, the only battle in Season 4 so far to feature a woman rapping on her own being woman-on-woman (Oprah vs. Ellen). This trend was fully broken in Season 5, which had Gordon Ramsey vs. Julia Child and Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton. |
| 395 | * In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', [[TheLadette Ax]] battles [[LadyOfWar Varalia]] in the Ruined Kingdom. |
| 396 | * In the ''WebVideo/TGWTGYearOneBrawl'' Spoony made WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick fight That Chick with the Goggles while he would take Bennet the Sage. As Nostalgia Chick and That Chick with the Goggles fight Spoony and Bennet simply grabbed their cellphones and started taking pictures. |
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| 398 | |
| 399 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 400 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' managed to be an aversion most of the time, despite having a female BigBad and several ActionGirl characters among the guest cast and RoguesGallery. The notable exception was in "Scarecrow's Revenge" where the titular villain turned Maya BrainwashedAndCrazy and sent her against Niko. The scene's almost a punchline in the fandom, as Maya had been hitting on [[ChickMagnet Goose]] earlier. |
| 401 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', at least half of the named female Skrulls met defeat at the hands of female crimefighters -- Skrull-Viper by Mockingbird[[note]]The only woman who helped Hawkeye take down HYDRA Island. However, HYDRA had one other female agent in that episode in addition to Skrull-Viper: Black Widow, who fought Hawkeye instead of Mockingbird.[[/note]], and Queen Veranke/Skrull-[[spoiler:Mockingbird]] by Ms. Marvel. Averted for Skrull-Wasp, who met her death by Hawkeye while the real Wasp and Ms. Marvel fought some of the male Skrull-Avengers. Skrull-[[spoiler:Invisible Woman]]'s fate seems unknown, making it hard to tell whether or not this trope applies to her. |
| 402 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' made its version of Poison Ivy significantly younger than her comics counterpart so that she would be the same age as Batgirl. Her first appearance was in Batgirl's introductory episode and any time she shows up as the villain of the week, it is typically a spotlight episode for Batgirl. |
| 403 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': |
| 404 | ** "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE11TwoFacePart2 Two-Face: Part 2]]" has Two-Face's fiancée step out of her NeutralFemale role to attack the mob boss's one female minion, who is about to underhandedly enter the battle with the guys herself. In a similar fight before that, she's treated as an onlooker and completely ignored by both Batman and Two-Face. |
| 405 | ** In "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE56HarleyAndIvy Harley and Ivy]]", Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn team up and start a successful crime spree across Gotham. Batman arrives to apprehend them, but never actually physically attacks either; similarly, when the Joker shows up to try to steal their loot for himself, he sprays Ivy with poison (which she's [[AcquiredPoisonImmunity immune to]]) but doesn't touch her. Ultimately, it's Renee Montoya, the only named female cop on the GCPD, that gets to take Harley and Ivy down. |
| 406 | ** "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE3Trial Trial]]" has Gotham's new district attorney, Janet van Dorn, criticize Batman's methods and claim that [[CreateYourOwnVillain his actions have increased crime in the city.]] Batman's RoguesGallery decides to put this idea to the test by kidnapping both her and the Dark Night, bringing them to Arkham, and having a trial, with Two-Face as the prosecution and van Dorn as the defense. Though van Dorn locks horns with nearly all of the villains on the witness stand, the only one she physically fights is Poison Ivy, who tackles her and exchanges a few blows before the other bad guys pull her off. |
| 407 | * ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' had the two-parter "Of Course You Know, This Means War and Peace" which had one of these. General Z-9's top henchman was a feminine robot, Counsellor Dish, who was shown to be a capable combatant as she easily defeated several of Commander X-2's Instant Martians. In the episode's climax, while Dodgers deals with Z-9 and the other men present try to sort out the crashing spaceship, it's the Martian Queen who delivers an ass kicking to the evil henchbot. |
| 408 | * ''WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats'' had an episode featuring a female opponent for Heathcliff, Terrible Tammy, who tried to take over Heathcliff's territory. He couldn't hit her, but his otherwise ladylike girlfriend Sonja didn't mind beating her up. |
| 409 | * In ''WesternAnimation/HulkAndTheAgentsOfSMASH'', whenever they are confronted by a group of villains (most notably the Leader's "Agents of C.R.A.S.H."), there will be at least one female villain among them for ComicBook/SheHulk to fight. |
| 410 | * ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': |
| 411 | ** In the episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E17And18SecretSociety Secret Society: Part II]]", The JL and Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society battle in a football stadium. Superman is about to punch Giganta (who in this version is more girly than the ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' version) but hesitates when she pulls the "[[WouldntHitAGirl You wouldn't hit a woman, would ya?]]" line. Behind Superman, Wonder Woman answers "I would!" flying in and knocking Giganta out. |
| 412 | ** Invoked in the later episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS3E9GrudgeMatch Grudge Match]]", in which the villainess Roulette is having difficulty attracting spectators for her underground superhuman fight club. She gets the idea to abduct superheroines and brainwash them into fighting each other [[CatFight in order to draw the crowds]]. The episode culminates in Hawkgirl, Black Canary, Vixen and Huntress all trying (and failing) to pacify the still-brainwashed Wonder Woman. |
| 413 | * One episode of ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' has Roll attacked by a female cosmetics robot who gives her a bad facial. Mega Man gives the robot an equally bad facial with a tube of makeup, and offers to fight her, but Roll insists that she handle this. |
| 414 | * ''WesternAnimation/PacMan'' had Pac-Man and Ms Pac-Man as the good guys, and four male ghosts and one female ghost as the bad guys. Guess who fought whom? |
| 415 | * Because ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} [[WouldntHitAGirl won't hit a woman]], he's always a bit helpless against a female antagonist. Olive is perfectly willing to step in and clobber them, though, with a little spinach boost. |
| 416 | * Some of the older Marvel superhero cartoons like ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' used this trope from time to time as well. One episode had a federal agent named Susan Choi work with the Kingpin's son to frame Peter Parker for treason, and they even managed to capture Parker and Mary Jane. When the police Department arrive, it's their sole female Terri Lee who ends up fighting Susan Choi. Terri Lee Wins. |
| 417 | * Inverted and then defied in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''. Gems as a species are [[OneGenderRace entirely female-coded]], and since the cast is composed of the Crystal Gems, warrior rebels sworn to defend the Earth, and their Homeworld enemies (who so far have included a ruthless super soldier built for DPS attacks, a hostile hydrokinetic "water witch" with terraforming capacity, and an exceptionally cranky sysadmin with a host of robot servants and magi-tek prosthetics), every serious, titanic battle in the series is girl-versus-girl. When [[HalfHumanHybrid Steven]] comes into the picture, all of his enemies and the people he has to fight are girls [[spoiler:and monsters who used to be girls]] as well. In fact, except for Steven's [[{{Kayfabe}} matches as Tiger Millionaire]], there are no male-on-male fights in the series ''at all'', and half the time, Steven is the one who leaps in to stop the senior Crystal Gems from just whaling on their opponent until they pop. |
| 418 | * ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': Harley Quinn gets into a particularly brutal fight with Mercy Graves, Lex Luthor's [[BodyguardBabes female bodyguard]], during the crossover episode "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS2E16To18WorldsFinest World's Finest]]". She [[BoundAndGagged later tapes up and gags]] Mercy as a bit of payback, but in the end, it's Mercy who has the last laugh. Literally, since she laughs her butt off while watching Harley getting hauled to jail. |
| 419 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'': |
| 420 | ** Generally averted, but in one of the earliest episodes, the only girl of the hive (Jinx) fights one of the two girls of the team (Raven). Even though there were two girls, Starfire was helping Cyborg at the time. Possible LampshadeHanging from this quote from Jinx: "You fight like a boy!" Jinx is Raven's ShadowArchetype, so they end up fighting whenever the groups battle anyway. |
| 421 | ** When Trigon makes {{Evil Counterpart}}s to three of the Titans (including Starfire) this ''looks'' to be the case as they fight their own mirrors, but then they do an OpponentSwitch. |
| 422 | * The [[AlternativeForeignThemeSong Japanese opening]] for ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' shows Arcee trading blows with Blackarachnia, the only two major female Cybertronian characters in the show, despite the fact that the two have never met. |
| 423 | * ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'': Arcee, the sole fembot of Team Prime, would usually duke it out with the only female villain in the show, Airachnid. This is a JustifiedTrope since the two were [[ArchEnemy bitter enemies]] with a [[ItsPersonal historic rivalry]] from before the point of time when the show started. |
| 424 | * Basically any MerchandiseDriven animated cartoon from the 1980's that had a female team member on the good guys' side had a counterpart on the opposing team. This was particularly apparent in the show ''WesternAnimation/{{Visionaries}}'' which had people who could temporarily turn into magical animals. Galadria of the heroic Spectral Knights turned into a dolphin, and thus [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman the only villain she could fight]] was Virulina of the evil Darkling Lords, who turned into a shark. |
| 425 | * ''WesternAnimation/ZorroTheChronicles'': In the series finale, Ines and Dona Verdugo scuffle over a notebook containing proof of Dona Verdugo's misdeeds. Despite the fact that Bernardo is ''right there'' and his intervention would prove a decisive advantage, for some reason he doesn't join in. |
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