Line #35 PlayingWith/DarkActionGirl


1	'''Basic Trope''': An evil (or [[SociopathicHero morally dark]]-[[NominalHero shaded grey]]) {{Action Girl}}.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice decides to take her anger out on the heroes or the ActionGirl of the group, and subjects them to a CurbStompBattle.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Alice is a hybrid between FemmeFatale with ApocalypseMaiden and/or OmnicidalManiac. She will [[KickTheDog remind you]] why she is the villain on a regular basis.
5	** Empress Alice Evulz' entire army is a massive {{Amazon Brigade}} of blood-thirsty warriors.
6	** [[MoreDeadlyThanTheMale Female villains are always much more dangerous and evil than their male counterparts.]]
7	* '''Downplayed''': One of the EliteMooks is a girl with a [[DeviousDaggers switchblade]] and a [[SlasherSmile scary grin.]]
8	* '''Justified''':
9	** Alice was probably just an ActionGirl, but a DarkAndTroubledPast probably drove her to the villain's side.
10	** Alice is a BloodKnight who happens to be female, and a career with the forces of darkness gives her a steady supply of asses to kick and names to take.
11	* '''Inverted''': Alice is on the side of good and useless in a fight.
12	* '''Gender Inverted''': An evil male fighter.
13	* '''Subverted''':
14	** Alice seems like the DarkActionGirl for awhile, but the heroes soon find out that she is not as evil as she seems.
15	** Or, perhaps she is not as [[FauxActionGirl actiony]] as we were initially led to believe.
16	** Or we learn that [[DudeLooksLikeAlady "she"]] [[CreepyCrossdresser is a man.]]
17	* '''Double Subverted''':
18	** Alice kicks ass and takes names as the DarkActionGirl, but decides she no longer wishes to be violent, so she does a HeelFaceTurn and becomes good, [[FakeDefector only to get closer to the heroes]] so she can catch them off-guard.
19	** Once the good guys back down, she says IAmNotLeftHanded and hands them their asses on a platter.
20	** Then we learn that she is a VoluntaryShapeShifter, whose ShapeShifterDefaultForm is female.
21	** She may seem to be turning into a FauxActionGirl, but it turns out her poor showings midway through were due to a case of WorfHadTheFlu, and once the extenuating circumstances have passed, she's back on her A-game and spilling blood with the best of 'em again.
22	* '''Parodied''': Alice is a [[PaletteSwap dark palette-swap]] of the hero's ActionGirl teammate, even down to the attitude.
23	* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice flip-flops between FemmeFatale, Dark Action Girl, and DamselInDistress [[WildCard to confuse and manipulate anyone and everyone.]]
24	* '''Averted''':
25	** [[FemalesAreMoreInnocent There are no female villains.]]
26	** The female villain isn't a fighter.
27	* '''Enforced''':
28	** "You know what this show needs? A strong female character. Let's make her a villain, too."
29	** "There aren’t enough female villains in the world! I’m tired of all the stories and authors that think [[WomenAreWiser women are all]] [[FemalesAreMoreInnocent innocent angels]]! Well, I’ll fix that!"
30	* '''Lampshaded''':
31	** The villainess exclaims, "Who said all bad guys had to be male?"
32	** "She's not so much a heart-breaker as she is a bone-breaker".
33	** "Hi, I'm Alice. I'm here to kill you all just for shits 'n' giggles. Nothing personal, 'k?"
34	* '''Invoked''': The EvilOverlord employs a female as one of her subjects to fight her heroes.
35	* '''Exploited''':
36	** A local arena gives Alice a [[{{Stripperific}} less-than-practical outfit]], her choice of weapons, and 200 bucks a night, and sells tickets to watch her slaughter the competition [[{{Fanservice}} and look good doing it.]]
37	** [[GenreSavvy Knowing the heroes]] WouldntHitAGirl, the villains sent Alice to take down the heroes.
38	* '''Defied''': A mercenary ActionGirl meets the heroes first rather than the villains, and decides that helping the heroes would be more beneficial to her.
39	* '''Discussed''':"After destroying all of those villages, I'm assuming she's the bad guy...err...girl".
40	* '''Conversed''': "The bad girls are usually the ones that kick the heroes' asses".
41	* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is such a ManipulativeBitch that she is unable to cooperate with potential teammates or allies, and must fight all her fights alone, probably even attracting the attention of powers stronger than her and rendering her a DamselInDistress.
42	* '''Reconstructed''': Even though she intimidates or drives away those who could possibly help her, she subjects them to a beat-down and intimidates them into becoming her mooks. And anyone who ''is'' bigger and badder than her probably came to her for a reason, and she'll take pretty much any job they'll offer as long as she can get her hands nice and dirty while she's doing it.
43	* '''Played For Laughs''':
44	** Alice is rather shallow and seems just a bit ditzy, but has a body count that would make UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan blush.
45	** Alice is a very efficient delivery system for AmusingInjuries.
46	* '''Played For Drama''':
47	** Alice UsedToBeASweetKid, but went FromNobodyToNightmare after something horrible happened. What kind of world would something like this happen in? And how much worse will such a world get now that it's home to the bloodthirsty monster she's become?
48	** Alice hates the perception that WomenAreDelicate and [[FemalesAreMoreInnocent innocent]], and decides to rebel by being as vicious and bloodthirsty as possible.
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50	Go back to DarkActionGirl. If you make her come to you, she'll be in a ''bad mood'', and we all know what '''that''' means...
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52	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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54	%%* '''Implied''': ???

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