Line #82 Quotes/ActionGirl


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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''
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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
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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''
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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}}''
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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''
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32	->'''Sarah Connor''': Kyle, the women in your time, what are they like?\
33	'''Kyle Reese''': Good fighters.
34	-->-- ''Film/TheTerminator''
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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''
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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"
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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}}''
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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}}''
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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"]]
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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
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64	->''She was the kind of woman that men would die for. Starting now.''
65	-->-- ''Soldiers of Barrabas''
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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''
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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"
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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"
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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''
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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"
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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
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102	[[folder:Video Games]]
103	->''"I AM THE STRONGEST GIRL ALIVE!!!"''
104	-->-- '''Gaige''', ''VideoGame/Borderlands2''
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106	->''"I don't like your attitude, mister! I can be every bit as heroic as some guy!"''
107	-->-- '''Sheba''', ''VideoGame/GoldenSunTheLostAge''
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109	->''"Take my advice, Rookie. If you ever fall for a woman... make sure she's got balls."''
110	-->-- '''Gunnery Sergeant Buck''', ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST''
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112	->''"Who says girls can't shoot? Oh yeah, that guy."''
113	-->-- '''Arcee''' (to a dead Decepticon), ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron''
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116	[[folder:Webcomics]]
117	->''"When men were men, and women killed them."''
118	-->-- '''Tagline''' for ''[[http://www.comicvine.com/battleaxes/4050-6536/ Battleaxes]]''
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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"
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128	->''"I'm a warrior, but I'm a girl, too!"''
129	-->-- '''Suki''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
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131	->''"Unhand that gentleman, knaves!"''
132	-->-- '''Niko''', ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers''
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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]]
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