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2 | [[foldercontrol]] |
3 | |
4 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
5 | ->''"I will jump in and take out Loki and his subordinates. Then, I will go home and prepare dinner."'' |
6 | -->-- '''Miu''' (before cutting a cross on a windshield and smashing through a car), ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' |
7 | [[/folder]] |
8 | |
9 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
10 | ->''"Yo, [[Franchise/WonderWoman Star-shorts!]] I figured you'd be getting lonely so I thought I'd hang with you. We can talk girl-talk. Y'know, butt-kicking, name-taking, like that."'' |
11 | -->-- '''ComicBook/SheHulk''', ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'' #4 |
12 | [[/folder]] |
13 | |
14 | [[folder:Film -- Animation]] |
15 | ->''"I'm at the top of my game! I'm runnin' out there with the big dogs! Girls, come on! Leave saving the world to the men? I don't think so!" [sigh] "I don't think so."'' |
16 | -->-- '''Elastigirl''', ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' |
17 | [[/folder]] |
18 | |
19 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
20 | ->'''Thor Odinson:''' Who proved wrong all who scoffed at the idea that a young maiden could be one of the fiercest warriors this realm has ever known?\ |
21 | '''Lady Sif:''' ''I'' did!\ |
22 | '''Thor Odinson:''' ''[embarrassed]'' ...true, but I supported you. |
23 | -->-- ''Film/{{Thor}}'' |
24 | |
25 | ->'''Aragorn:''' You have some skill with a blade.\ |
26 | '''Eowyn:''' The women of this country learned long ago, those without swords can still die upon them. I fear neither death nor pain.\ |
27 | '''Aragorn:''' What do you fear, my lady?\ |
28 | '''Eowyn:''' A cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire.\ |
29 | '''Aragorn:''' You are a daughter of kings, a shield maiden of Rohan. I do not think that will be your fate. |
30 | -->-- ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers'' |
31 | |
32 | ->'''Sarah Connor''': Kyle, the women in your time, what are they like?\ |
33 | '''Kyle Reese''': Good fighters. |
34 | -->-- ''Film/TheTerminator'' |
35 | [[/folder]] |
36 | |
37 | [[folder:Literature]] |
38 | ->''"This war is everything or nothing. If I could round up each woman in the Borderlands and put a sword in her hands, I would. For now, I'll settle for not doing something stupid - like forbidding trained and passionate soldiers from fighting. [[SchmuckBait If you, however, decide not to exercise that prudence]], you are free to [[StayInTheKitchen tell them what you think]]. I promise I will give you a good burial once they let me take your head down off the pole."'' |
39 | -->-- '''The King of Malkier''' on a nation of Action Girls, ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' |
40 | |
41 | ->''I it for this the [[DashingHispanic Spanish maid]], aroused,\ |
42 | Hangs on the willow her unstrung guitar,\ |
43 | And, [[ValuesDissonance all unsexed]], the anlace hath espoused,\ |
44 | Sung the loud song, and dared the deed of war?\ |
45 | And she, whom once the semblance of a scar\ |
46 | Appalled, an owlet’s larum chilled with dread,\ |
47 | Now views the column-scattering bayonet jar,\ |
48 | The falchion flash, and o'er the yet warm dead\ |
49 | [[MoreDeadlyThanTheMale Stalks with Minerva’s step where Mars might quake to tread.]]'' |
50 | -->-- '''Creator/LordByron''' describing the "Maid of Sarragossa" |
51 | |
52 | ->It was a performance. It was like the culmination of a lifetime's observation of martial arts tapes, cheap ones, the kind Case had grown up on. For a few seconds, he knew, she was every bad-ass hero, Sony Mao in the old Shaw videos, Mickey Chiba, the whole lineage back to Lee and Eastwood. She was walking the way she talked it. |
53 | -->-- ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'' |
54 | |
55 | ->''"Look, sir, I know Angua. She's not the useless type. She doesn't [[ScreamingWoman stand there and scream helplessly]]. She [[MuggingTheMonster makes other people do that]]."'' |
56 | -->-- '''Captain Carrot''', ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'' |
57 | |
58 | ->''The woman was still outside, armed and dangerous. And that was just her looks.'' |
59 | -->-- [[https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/lake_04_09/ "Rolling Steel: A Pre-Apocalypse Love Story"]] |
60 | |
61 | ->''"Two dead in two seconds. She drew her knife and set to work like a demigod of battle, destroying everything before her. This was the girl I had lied to and flirted with? [[OhCrap Shite]]."'' |
62 | -->-- '''Edrin Walker''' witnessing Eva in action, ''The Traitor God,'' by Cameron Johnston |
63 | |
64 | ->''She was the kind of woman that men would die for. Starting now.'' |
65 | -->-- ''Soldiers of Barrabas'' |
66 | [[/folder]] |
67 | |
68 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
69 | ->'''Derek Reese:''' Remind me again, why are the boys out here and the girls in there?\ |
70 | '''John Connor:''' Because, one of the girls is harder than nuclear nails.\ |
71 | '''Derek Reese:''' And the other one's a cyborg. |
72 | -->-- ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' |
73 | |
74 | ->''"I'm not weak, I'm not barren, and I'm not a whore!"'' |
75 | -->-- '''Lt. Colonel Sarah [=MacKenzie=]''' (while kicking Arab terrorist Sadik Fahd), ''Series/{{JAG}}'', "Persian Gulf" |
76 | |
77 | ->'''O'Neill:''' Oh, this has nothing to do with you being a woman. I like women. [[SlobsVersusSnobs I just got a little problem with scientists.]]\ |
78 | '''Carter:''' Colonel, I logged over a hundred hours in enemy airspace during the Gulf War. Is that tough enough for you? Or we're gonna have to ''arm-wrestle?'' |
79 | -->-- ''Series/StargateSG1'', "Children of the Gods" |
80 | |
81 | ->'''TheMole:''' See, this is your problem. Some men like women who are feminine!\ |
82 | '''Agent 99:''' ''[outraged]'' I'm not feminine?\ |
83 | '''The Mole:''' No.\ |
84 | '''Agent 99:''' ''[[BerserkButton I'm not feminine?!]]'' ''[Kicks him in the face]'' |
85 | -->-- ''Series/GetSmart'' |
86 | [[/folder]] |
87 | |
88 | [[folder:Music]] |
89 | ->''I'm a warrior woman, forget the prophecies\ |
90 | As a warrior woman, I'll do exactly as I please'' |
91 | -->-- '''Jex Thoth''', "Warrior Woman" |
92 | |
93 | ->''You know I'm a super girl\ |
94 | Yes, I'm a spunky gal\ |
95 | I never say die\ |
96 | No one can stop me\ |
97 | 'Cuz I\ |
98 | Like to FIGHT! (Fight!)'' |
99 | -->-- "Super Girl", Music/ShonenKnife |
100 | [[/folder]] |
101 | |
102 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
103 | ->''"I AM THE STRONGEST GIRL ALIVE!!!"'' |
104 | -->-- '''Gaige''', ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' |
105 | |
106 | ->''"I don't like your attitude, mister! I can be every bit as heroic as some guy!"'' |
107 | -->-- '''Sheba''', ''VideoGame/GoldenSunTheLostAge'' |
108 | |
109 | ->''"Take my advice, Rookie. If you ever fall for a woman... make sure she's got balls."'' |
110 | -->-- '''Gunnery Sergeant Buck''', ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'' |
111 | |
112 | ->''"Who says girls can't shoot? Oh yeah, that guy."'' |
113 | -->-- '''Arcee''' (to a dead Decepticon), ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron'' |
114 | [[/folder]] |
115 | |
116 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
117 | ->''"When men were men, and women killed them."'' |
118 | -->-- '''Tagline''' for ''[[http://www.comicvine.com/battleaxes/4050-6536/ Battleaxes]]'' |
119 | [[/folder]] |
120 | |
121 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
122 | ->''Clobberella beats you up!\ |
123 | Clobberella beats you up!\ |
124 | Who does she beat up? '''You'''!\ |
125 | Clobberella!'' |
126 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "Less Than Hero" |
127 | |
128 | ->''"I'm a warrior, but I'm a girl, too!"'' |
129 | -->-- '''Suki''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' |
130 | |
131 | ->''"Unhand that gentleman, knaves!"'' |
132 | -->-- '''Niko''', ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' |
133 | |
134 | ->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Looks like we're going to start our training now, ladies! ''[laughs]'' I call you a lady to humiliate and demean you. It's a motivational tool we coaches use.\ |
135 | ''[scene cuts to Sandy walking down the street]''\ |
136 | '''Sandy:''' Hmm... I don't know why, but I think I'll kick [=SpongeBob=]'s butt tomorrow. |
137 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' |
138 | [[/folder]] |
139 |
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