Line #66 PlayingWith/StayInTheKitchen


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character insists that girls can't get the job done and should let the men handle things.
2	* '''Straight''': {{K\|nightInShiningArmor}}elvin tells [[BlackMagicianGirl Marcy]] that it's too dangerous for her to fight, and she should let him handle the monsters.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Kelvin, a poorly skilled superhero, tells badass Scarlet that she's got no place on the battlefield, because women are naturally weaker than men. [[AmusingInjuries She demonstrates the logical fallacy with that argument.]]
5	** "Scarlet! Kitchen! Sammich! '''NOW'''! And don't act like you can actually do something else! Your purpose in life is to serve me!"
6	** Anton is a sniper who attacks enemies sneakily from a distance, while Scarlet is so badass she can confront the enemies head-on. However, Kelvin insists that Anton be in the front line and Scarlet be out of the battlefield. Neither are amused.
7	** Marcy is ''shackled'' to keep her in the kitchen. She has seven giant guards, all of them experts in martial arts just to keep her there, and a security complex around the kitchen to rival Alcatraz. All of this is [[ActionGirl absolutely necessary]].
8	* '''Downplayed''':
9	** {{K\|nightInShiningArmor}}elvin, the LightningBruiser, tells [[BlackMagicianGirl Mage-in-training Marcy]] that it's too dangerous for her to fight, and she should let him handle the monsters.
10	** [[GuysSmashGirlsShoot Kelvin is going head-on against his foes and gives Marcy a long-range weapon (like a crossbow or a gun) to help him from a distance]].
11	* '''Justified''':
12	** Marcy is inexperienced and doesn't have the sort of training and protection Kelvin does.
13	** Marcy is Kelvin's slave. If Kelvin wants her in the kitchen, by golly that's where she is gonna be.
14	** Kelvin has suffered from a CartwrightCurse long ago and doesn't want to get Marcy killed.
15	** Marcy is Kelvin's sister/daughter/person-dearest, and he wants her ''away'' from the danger regardless of whether or not she is capable of protecting herself.
16	** Despite being an ActionGirl, Marcy is short and slender and she's clearly outclassed against a group of burly, tall and highly trained male brawlers. So Kelvin tells her to remain out of the action since she'll be more useful as a MissionControl for this specific task.
17	** [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Kelvin is a woman-hating asshole.]]
18	* '''Inverted''':
19	** [[GirlyGirl Scarlet]] tells Kelvin to stay out of her kitchen.
20	** Kelvin wants Scarlet out of the kitchen, [[TheDragAlong even though she doesn't want to go on the battlefield]].
21	** [[ActionGirl Scarlet]] tells [[DistressedDude Anton]] to [[GreaseMonkey stay in the workshop]] for once.
22	** Anton is a NonActionGuy or a FakeUltimateHero, and often relies on his {{Action\|Girlfriend}} (or {{Magical\|Girlfriend}}) Girlfriend to bail him out.
23	** Kelvin wants to try cooking, but Scarlet gets mad at him and tells him that men should stay on the battlefield.
24	** Kelvin encourages Marcy and Scarlet to try other skills like learning how to fight, despite how sexist the rest of society is.
25	** Kelvin tells Marcy to stay out of the kitchen when team meals are being prepped, because she always inevitably burns it down somehow.
26	** RealWomenDontWearDresses
27	* '''Subverted''':
28	** Alternatively: Kelvin tells Marcy to stay home... because they need someone they can count on to defend their families should the worst happen.
29	** Kelvin tells Marcy to stay in the kitchen... because it's a good spot for [[FriendlySniper sniping from, something he knows she's good at and is needed due to a fight happening outside]].
30	** In Scarlet's society, women are raised to think of the kitchen as their headquarters and private turf. But they are also trained ''as well'' to go into the city and be merchants, craftswoman, and politicians, are trained to take part in the defense of the city, and have their own [[FantasticFightingStyle martial-arts style]].
31	** "The Kitchen" is the nickname for the throne room of an interstellar empire.
32	** Scarlet is told to stay in the kitchen... because they're on a spaceship, and no other room has oxygen at the moment.
33	** [[ActionGirl Scarlet]] says that she's actually too weak to handle serious battles and that she must stay out of trouble, else she'll just be a burden...
34	** Kelvin actually lets Scarlet and other girls fight when they say they want to help...
35	** Kelvin makes Marcy stay home… Because she’s badly hurt from a previous engagement, and can’t do much on the battlefield anyway in her current condition.
36	* '''Double Subverted''':
37	** ... but she only says it to flatter and reassure [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero Kelvin]]'s ego so she can actually get the job done once he's gone without having to bear with his irrelevant machismo.
38	** ...but only because he knows they can't do it, so he teaches the girls the hard way that they should stay out of battles and leave the heavy lifting to him.
39	* '''Parodied''':
40	** Kelvin is constantly telling the AmazonBrigade of [[BlackMagicianGirl Marcy]], [[ActionGirlfriend Scarlet]], and [[TheLadette Alice]] to stay home [[FeminineWomenCanCook and cook]]. The same AmazonBrigade who [[LethalChef burn water]] yet have saved [[TheLoad his ungrateful rear]] over and over.
41	** Kelvin tells Marcy to stay into the kitchen... because she ''is'' the TeamChef, and [[NeutralFemale lacks any combat training]], so she would be in danger if she got anywhere near the battlefield. Nevertheless, [[MistakenForMisogynist everyone mistakes his prudent request as "chauvinistic bullshit"]] and start chasing him around with {{torches and pitchforks}}.
42	** Everyone engages in DraftDodging by putting on long-haired wigs. Soon enough, Kelvin realizes that there are not enough men to fight along with him.
43	** Kelvin wants Marcy in the kitchen... because she's the strongest fighter, and she is the only one he can trust to [[BigEater protect the most important building in the castle]].
44	--->'''Kelvin:''' ''[[SeriousBusiness GUARD OUR PANTRY WITH YOUR LIFE!]]''
45	** Enemies break into TheTeam's castle and attack from the inside out. Kelvin immediately tells Marcy to "stay in the kitchen, I'll handle the battlefield!" [[MilesGloriosus and runs away until the fight is over.]]
46	* '''Zig Zagged''':
47	** Kelvin forbids Marcy to go on the battlefield, but later lets Scarlet enter the fight since her skills are exactly what he needs to defeat the BigBad, only these skills are magic chants which leave her vulnerable to attack and force Kelvin to protect her anyway.
48	** The kitchen is on board a CoolStarship exploring the frontier. It is often as dangerous a place as any. Kelvin is TheCaptain, and Marcy often yells advice to him while he is on TheBridge.
49	** Kelvin and Marcy are [[BarbarianTribe nomads]]. Marcy stays in the cook's tent, but when it is time to move, she gets on a horse like everyone else.
50	* '''Averted''':
51	** BattleCouple
52	** GenderIsNoObject (a large-scale version)
53	* '''Enforced''':
54	** The writer is sexist, well-meaning chivalrous, or delivering AnAesop about how non-action roles are just as important as the action ones.
55	** The writer is a ("radical") feminist and gives Kelvin this attitude [[StrawMisogynist just so he can be proven wrong.]]
56	* '''Lampshaded''':
57	--> "You know, Marcy, I'm sure Kelvin is gonna tell us to stay behind while he handles the fight because we have a vagina or something like this."
58	--> "Alice is mad about not being treated fairly, so in a fight she wants to be as equally as likely to die as the men? Priorities, I guess."
59	* '''Invoked''': "It's a man's duty to make sure women don't get hurt. You may not like this, but it's an insult to our manhood if we let you get hurt in a battle."
60	* '''Exploited''':
61	** [[DraftDodging Andy]] [[DisguisedInDrag disguises as Alice]], in the hopes that Kelvin will order him not to fight, minimizing the risk getting killed in the process.
62	** Alice is a PrettyPrincessPowerhouse, but [[TheGoodKing her father]] [[MagnificentBastard wants to make sure she is]] {{underestimat\|ingBadassery}}ed by her enemies when she takes the throne. As her enemies think princesses belong in the kitchen, why not [[BatmanGambit surprise them?]]
63	** Marcy goes ahead and lets Kelvin do the protecting...if he dies, then there will be [[MenAreTheExpendableGender more of him tomorrow]] to make the same commitment again while she does her own thing.
64	* '''Defied''':
65	** "Kelvin, if you believe women are unable to make any impression in a fight, you're sorely mistaken!"
66	** Kelvin tells Marcy that he will protect her and she won't fight, Marcy gives him a splendid TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and goes to fight, ignoring Kelvin's whining.
67	** Kelvin is making a long speech about why Marcy should really just stay behind and let him and the other guys do the fighting. He does not notice the assassin sneaking up behind him, so Marcy quickly plants a throwing knife between the assassin's eyes.
68	--->'''Kelvin''': What the hell was that?!\
69	'''Marcy''': Women can't fight, you say? Tell that to the guy behind you. Oh wait, you can't, ''he's dead!''
70	** "You know what, Kelvin? [[{{Determinator}} I'm going anyway.]]"
71	* '''Discussed''':
72	-->'''Kelvin:''' Scarlet, you shouldn't be fighting.\
73	'''Scarlet:''' Oh? Why is that?\
74	'''Kelvin:''' You're a woman.
75	* '''Conversed''': "In these times of fierce, competent women, there are still guys who still think 'Girls can't fight! They must stay safe at home!'?" "Well, ''[[HomeGuard someone]]'' [[HomeGuard has to defend the house]] while the men are at war..."
76	* '''Implied''': Kelvin is shown to not believe very strongly in the idea of an ActionGirl, and the females who work with him do so in non-action roles (such as the kitchen).
77	* '''Deconstructed''':
78	** Kelvin alienates Marcy and any other women who might have been willing to work alongside him because he isn't willing to accept them as equals. The only allies he can find are like-minded guys who also take a dim view of what women are capable of. This further tarnishes Kelvin's reputation and creates serious problems for him.
79	** Kelvin refuses the help of [[ActionGirl Scarlet]] on the grounds that Scarlet might get hurt. Scarlet goes back home to the kitchen, while Kelvin goes off to fight the BigBad. Kelvin gets killed because he lacks any assistance or backup.
80	** The men were also offended by Kelvin because he implied MenAreTheExpendableGender. Now Kelvin has to either fight all by himself or with the girls.
81	* '''Reconstructed''': Marcy has work to do behind the lines which, while not glamorous, is suitable to her skills and important to the mission, and both she and Kelvin come to appreciate the value of her efforts.
82	* '''Played For Laughs''': Marcy is clearly stronger than Kelvin and repeatedly rescues him while he fumbles with his heavy armor and comically-oversized weaponry.
83	* '''Played For Drama''':
84	** Kelvin and Marcy have to work together, but his condescending attitude and insistence on "protecting" her wear on Marcy's nerves, creating tension between them -- tension they'll have to overcome if they're going to have any chance at surviving.
85	** Marcy and Kelvin are a private detective team. The kitchen is where Marcy serves as the firm's MissionControl and TechnoWizard.
86	** Thugs invade the home and threaten Marcy's [[MamaBear dear little ones.]] She [[MoreDeadlyThanTheMale ferociously hacks them to pieces]] with a [[ChefOfIron kitchen knife.]]
87	** Marcy is a ShellShockedVeteran. The kitchen is her refuge from painful memories.
88	** Scarlet can't go on this mission due to her not having the right combat experience - perhaps being too melee-focused for a fight where long-range tactics are favored. When [[{{Jerkass}} Kelvin]] is asked to relay this information to her, he tells her it's because she's a girl. Offended, Scarlet delivers a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech verbal]] (or [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown physical]]) beatdown to Kelvin and shows up for the mission anyways, where she's either diminished to TheLoad or injured in combat due to her inexperience.
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90	The main page is too dangerous for you, [[StayInTheKitchen get back to the kitchen and make my food!]]
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