Line #19 PlayingWith/ActionGirl


1	'''Basic Trope''': A female combatant.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice can take out a whole bunch of {{Mooks}} and even the BigBad with her physical combat skills.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Alice often takes out a whole bunch of {{Mooks}}, {{Quirky Miniboss\|Squad}}es, [[TheBrute Brutes]], {{Evil Genius}}es, [[TheDragon Dragons]], and {{Big Bad}}s with nothing but the sheer power of {{Awesomeness\|IsAForce}}.
5	** WorldOfActionGirls
6	** AmazonBrigade
7	** Alice is a superhuman with near world destroying powers.
8	* '''Downplayed''':
9	** Alice rarely gets into physical combat, by either choice or lack of situations, but she can put up a fight whenever necessary.
10	** Alice fights with cleverness rather then brute strength and is not stupid enough to believe that [[ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful being beautiful]] makes her able to [[HollywoodTactics brawl with]] [[RuleOfCool mooks with the build of longshoremen.]] [[CombatPragmatist Thumping them on the head with cobblestones while they search for her somewhere else]] is what sensible women do.
11	** Alice, though not exactly an action hero, is a BadassDriver and could probably easily beat racing legends such as Michael Schumacher or Mario Andretti in a race.
12	* '''Justified''':
13	** Alice grew up in a rough neighborhood where women got no special treatment for having a vagina. She would have to learn how to defend herself unaided to survive.
14	** Alice grew up in a culture where women did get special treatment for having a vagina. The special treatment is to be put through a [[TheSpartanWay savage martial arts course.]]
15	** Alice joined the military or became a police officer, etc.
16	** Alice is the HeirToTheDojo, etc.
17	** In Alice's culture, it is not unusual for women to go to war.
18	* '''Inverted''':
19	** Alice is always the DamselInDistress. She has no fighting skills whatsoever and always has to be rescued, usually by the [[AlwaysMale male members]] of TheTeam.
20	** Alternatively, Alice may not have fighting skills, but instead uses [[BadassBookworm incredible calculative abilities]] to be a GuileHero.
21	** NonActionGuy.
22	* '''Gender Inverted:''' The male ActionHero
23	* '''Subverted''':
24	** {{Chickification}} or FauxActionGirl.
25	** Alice is physically stronger than her boyfriend, and comes from a military family. However, the stresses of her TrainingFromHell and MilitaryBrat upbringing have turned her into an ActualPacifist.
26	* '''Double Subverted''':
27	** Alice seems like a FauxActionGirl. Her resume or reputation speak of her ass-kicking skills, but she doesn't fight much, or gets handed the DistressBall every now and then. When she finally gets her chance to shine, they have to clean up what's left of the villains with a mop.
28	** Alice acts like a FauxActionGirl to get close to the BigBad, whereupon she takes him out.
29	** When someone she loves is threatened, she is forced to renounce her pacifism, as [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer violence is the only way]] [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption to save them]].
30	* '''Parodied''':
31	** Alice is TheAce[=/=]MaryTzu and a ParodySue who is seemingly the only person with any competence in fighting ''at all''.
32	** The series is a WorldOfActionGirls, and ''every'' female character is a formidable combatant. Yes, even [[ChurchMilitant the nuns]], [[LittleMissBadass the little five-year-old girl]], [[NeverMessWithGranny and even old ladies]].
33	** Alice effortlessly overpowers brickhouses of men who are more than half as tall again and twice as heavy as she is, then tosses them around like rag dolls.
34	** Alice is a ShamelessFanserviceGirl who [[FullFrontalAssault fights nude]] ... and her reputation is such that when men see her naked, more of them run away from than towards her.
35	* '''Zig-Zagged''':
36	** Alice is a FauxActionGirl, add TookALevelInBadass, then stir in {{Chickification}} for good measure.
37	** Alice's culture is a {{Proud Warrior Race\|Guy}}. The women are supposedly expected to [[StayInTheKitchen stay home]] and look [[ProperLady graceful and demure]] while the men are slaughtering the {{Mooks}} of the EvilOverlord. But [[SilkHidingSteel under their elegant exterior]] the women are as much warriors as the men, are often called upon to [[MamaBear defend their homes]], and are [[TheSpartanWay sternly trained]] in UrbanWarfare, by the teachers in [[WomensMysteries female]] [[LadyOfWar warrior sisterhoods]]. They live peacefully caring for their children until an enemy raiding party shows up. At which time they [[MoreDeadlyThanTheMale brutally slaughter them]] and are only grieved that their [[TheFashionista nice dresses]] [[BloodSplatteredWarrior are ruined]]. When the men come back from their [[TheEpic heroic]] campaign they rebuke the women, not for fighting([[ProudWarriorRace for no one objects to that]]) but for their inconsiderate behavior in not leaving some alive [[BloodKnight so that the men could share the fun.]] Whereupon all the women [[ProperLady politely and submissively apologize]] while rolling their eyes at male eccentricity. And everyone lives happily until it is time for the next campaign.
38	* '''Averted''':
39	** Alice does not fight.
40	** Alternatively, no one fights in the show.[[note]]At least, [[SnarkToSnarkCombat not]] [[BadassPacifist physically]].[[/note]]
41	* '''Enforced''':
42	** AffirmativeActionGirl
43	** [[RuleOfFunny It's appropriately humiliating]] to show that [[SuperZeroes Beastly Bob, Chameleon Charlie and Danger David can't walk the talk]] by having them be outdone by Alice.
44	* '''Lampshaded''':
45	** "You took out Evil Elliott! Way to go, Alice!"
46	** "Dude, you just got your ass kicked by a girl..." "Shut up, she'll hear you!"
47	** "No, ''this'' is fighting like a girl!" ['''WHAM!''']
48	* '''Invoked''': IWasBeatenByAGirl
49	* '''Exploited''': Bob recruits Alice for his BadassArmy.
50	* '''Defied''':
51	** Alice chooses not to fight, so that she will not intimidate Bob [[RescueRomance and so she can be rescued by him.]]
52	** Alice chooses not to fight because she is an ActualPacifist.
53	** MenUseViolenceWomenUseCommunication
54	* '''Discussed''': "Aw, come on, Alice, you can go into battle! Please? Pretend you're one of those badass female warriors from those books you love!"
55	* '''Conversed''': "I love this show. That one girl Alice kicks so much ass."
56	* '''Deconstructed''':
57	** Alice kicks ass and takes names, but everyone [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon especially her love interest]] is intimidated by her, even though she is in fact a decent, lovable person. This causes her to feel bad about herself and give up fighting.
58	** Alice is as strong as the male characters, but just the fact that she's a girl causes her trouble. Every month she's incapable of fighting for a week and she's not taken seriously and just dismissed as 'the woman' regardless of her abilities. Having to fight her culture tooth and nail just to keep her career quickly gives her JadeColouredGlasses in addition to the regular WarIsHell trauma.
59	** In order to compete successfully with her male colleagues and gain an edge over her enemies, Alice must work twice as hard. She finally abuses steroids, which turns her into a BrawnHilda, or is a cause of MuscleAngst.
60	** Alice kicks ass and takes names, but she forgets that in spite of all of this, she can never catch up to a man of similar fitness in terms of strength. Underestimating one male opponent costs her her life.
61	* '''Reconstructed''':
62	** Alice intimidates people, but she does not let it get to her. They get used to the fact that she is an Action Girl and some [[AmazonChaser admire or lust after her for it.]]
63	** Despite knowing the disadvantage she is given, Alice knows that the same thing gives her advantages. She can exploit a villain that underestimates her and otherwise use guile to augment her fighting skills.
64	** Alice has SuperStrength; her physical attributes mean nothing.
65	** [[AmazonianBeauty Her fans like heavily muscled women]] and her work ethic encourages her teammates.
66	* '''Played for Laughs''': [[DisproportionateRetribution Alice will kill you for breaking her nails.]]
67	* '''Played for Drama''': Alice must prove that not everyone is effeminate in a world of {{Girly Girl}}s.
68	* '''Played for Horror''': DarkActionGirl.
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70	You'd better return to ActionGirl, before Alice takes you ''and'' your minions down!
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72	%%Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
73	%%* '''Implied''': ???
74	%%* '''Untwisted''': ???

Context PlayingWith / ActionGirl