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[[caption-width:280:She wields the forces of nature through her [[strike:cleavage]] familiars.]]

The StaffChick isn't the only RolePlayingGame woman around. More often, she's accompanied by a [[BlackAndWhiteMagic Black Mage]] to offset her [[HealingHands healing powers]]. They may be the same age, but that's usually about [[OddFriendship all these girls share]]. Where the Staff Chick is quiet, helpful, a DistressedDamsel and FriendToAllLivingThings, the Black Magician Girl is much more forceful in personality: a GenkiGirl, [[DefrostingIceQueen Ice Queen]], {{Tsundere}}, or whatnot. They're probably a TomboyAndGirlyGirl, too.

Whether [[{{Shorttank}} tomboyishly cute]] or [[LadyOfWar stately and beautiful]], the Black Magician Girl is an ActionGirl who relies almost exclusively on offensive spells. She probably has a weapon just in case -- usually a SimpleStaff, perhaps a [[KnifeNut servicible dagger]], or perhaps something more... [[ImprobableWeaponUser unusual]]. Whatever it is, it likely doubles as a MagicWand.

Whether having both women in the party is a flimsy attempt at casting equality or an appeal to two different [[MostGamersAreMale fanboy]] preferences is unclear, but as [[TheGrandListOfConsoleRolePlayingGameCliches the Grand List]] says, they're both probably in love with TheHero.

Note that this is a ''personality type''. "Girl who uses attack magic" (or "African-American female magic user", if you're one of those people who doesn't read the description) is not the trope. The character has to have attack magic ''and'' a particular personality to qualify here.

Named both for the ''FinalFantasy'' "Black Mage" Class, and for the Dark Magician Girl from ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}!'' (known in Japan, funnily enough, as the BlackMagicianGirl). Not to be confused with the DarkMagicalGirl. The more realistic version is SmallGirlBigGun.

Also see {{BlackMagicianGirl-tan}}. Sometimes overlaps with HotWitch.
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!!Examples:

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*Although Kagura from Inuyasha has shown herself to be very fit physically (being a demon, it comes naturally for her), she always fights using wind-using spells and magic.
* A highly similar subversion to the ''{{Lunar}}: The Silver Star'' example below occurs in the ''[[DotHack .hack//]]tasogare no udewa densetsu'' anime and manga. Hotaru ''would'' be the battle mage of the group, except she's afraid to hurt the monsters. Meanwhile, the team's StaffChick, Mireille, is scheming, outgoing and loud.
** Also highly subversive if you watch the OAV after the series: [[spoiler:Hotaru is actually [[CrossPlayer played by a boy]]. Of course the main male character doesn't know this, thus HilarityEnsues]]. This is not the case in the manga or light novels, where Hotaru is again shown in real life, and may be one of the reasons that the AnimatedAdaptation is [[DisContinuity not considered canon]].
* ''{{Slayers}}'''s Lina Inverse.
* Fatina, from the anime ''TheTowerOfDruaga: The Aegis of Uruk''. She uses a large staff that resembles a cannon for nuking things with her fire magic.
* ''MahouSenseiNegima'''s Yue Ayase is the classic BMG; however, her rival is not a real StaffChick or White Mage. Nodoka however in the last arc has ''[[ShoutOut dressed]]'' like a classic ''FinalFantasy'' White Mage, to complete it.
* Urd from ''OhMyGoddess''.
* Kuesu from ''OmamoriHimari''.
* While her naive personality is more in line with a StaffChick, ''MahoujinGuruGuru'''s Kukuri possesses demon summoning magic more in line with a BlackMagicianGirl.
* What about Dark Magician Girl from {{Yugioh}}, her Japanese name IS Black Magician Girl!
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[[folder: Literature ]]

* Daja Kisubo from TamoraPierce's CircleofMagic series is arguably this. And she does some wicked stuff with that staff of hers.
** Not to mention Trisana Chandler.

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* Lulu (pictured above) from ''FinalFantasyX'', of the "stately and beautiful" Ice Queen variety. Also somewhat {{goth}}y.
** And gifted with [[MostCommonSuperpower incredible power,]] [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean don't forget that.]]
*** In early previews for FFX she was described as "the strongest female" in the series despite being a SquishyWizard. [[MostCommonSuperpower I wonder what they meant by that.]]
* Kyra from ''PhantasyStar IV'', a warm and friendly sort who appoints herself CoolBigSis to the hero.
* Aika from ''SkiesOfArcadia'' defines this personality-wise, despite arguably not being the best spellcaster.
* Jenna and Sheba from ''GoldenSun''.
* Arche of ''TalesOfPhantasia''.
** As well as Rita of ''TalesOfVesperia'', although the two fit the trope in ''very'' different ways.
* The ''StarOcean'' series uses this. [[StarOcean2 The second game]] gives us Celine. The [[StarOcean4 fourth game]] gives us Lymle and Myuria. Sophia from [[StarOcean3 the third game]] blurs the line between this and the StaffChick.
* Angela of ''SeikenDensetsu3'', right down to the weapon and personality.
* ''FinalFantasyIV'' has Rydia, who starts out a child but undergoes a PlotRelevantAgeUp. To an extent, Rydia seems generally boisterous, but this is tempered by her past as the [[LastOfHisKind sole survivor]] of her DoomedHometown. She also isn't in love with any of the other heroes, but does serve as the unrequited love interest of Edge and comes to see Cecil as a father figure.
* ''{{Touhou}}'' 's Marisa Kirisame fits this trope to a T, even if main character Reimu isn't precisely a StaffChick. Loud, brash, and a [[KleptomaniacHero pretty capable thief]] who uses her lifespan as an excuse for never returning ''anything'' she steals. Yet she's still one of the heroes of the setting, relatively speaking.
* Qara in ''{{Neverwinter Nights 2}}''. Is also TheScrappy on account of being TheRival of DeadpanSnarker and fan favourite Sand, and coming off as an arrogant brat.
* Subverted in ''{{Lunar}}: The Silver Star''. Mia Ausa, the Black Magician Girl, is the quiet, friendly, introverted one; whereas Jessica de Alkirk, ostensibly the StaffChick, is the loud, brash one.
** Played straighter in the sequel ''Eternal Blue'' where Lemia (Mia's descendant) fits the trope by being the attack magic user and a GenkiGirl while Ronfar, the healer is...um, a brash gambling guy.
* Yet another subversion is Paula from ''{{Earthbound}}''. She has the personality and looks of a StaffChick, but uses offensive spells such as PK Fire and PK Freeze. Kumatora from ''{{Mother 3}}'' is more in line with the trope, though.
* The sprite kid Popoi from ''SecretOfMana'' is an [[{{Keet}} impulsive and energetic male version]] of this trope.
* Gwen, an {{NPC}} in ''GuildWars'', is first encountered as a happy-go-lucky little girl who befriends the player in an idyllic countryside. Fast-forward eight years of game time, and she's a powerful Mesmer described as being driven primarily by hatred and anger.
** Also, Eve, the game's signature Necromancer.
* Rita Mordio in ''TalesOfVesperia'', {{Tsundere}} in personality and the [[SmartGuy brains]] of the playable characters.
* Female mages in ''FireEmblem'' tend to either be {{Badass Bookworm}}s or start as {{Staff Chick}}s before becoming {{Magic Warrior}}s through promotion, but there are still a few true Black Magician Girls (generally thunder or fire mages), including Tiltyu from the 4th game, Nino from the 7th, and Lute from the 8th.
** [[AChildShallLeadThem Empress Sanaki]] from the tenth (appears in the ninth game as well, but only in cut scenes). True to the above statement, her specialty is fire magic, but she's also skilled in thunder, wind, and light... and the ''only'' fully-promoted magic-user who can't use staves. And yes, she has the personality for it, much to Sigrun's consternation.
*** She even completes the trope by [[spoiler:being the [[StaffChick staff chick's]] little sister.]]
* Mitsuru Kirijou in ''{{Persona 3}}'', who is one of the best magical attackers in the game.
* Cierra in ''RivieraThePromisedLand''.
* Chelsea from ''BunnyMustDie''.
* Millenia from ''[[{{Grandia}} Grandia II]]''. The twist being, [[spoiler: she's the SuperpoweredEvilSide of the StaffChick, Elena]].
* FemmeFatale [[ReligionOfEvil Evil Cleric]] DefectorFromDecadence Viconia from ''BaldursGate 2''.
* DragonAge has Morrigan. Think of her as a basically a more badass Lulu who can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]].

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*Ariel from ''{{Drowtales}}'', though she prefers shapeshifting to her offensive spells.

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* Charmcaster from ''{{Ben 10}}''. She's got the brash, forceful personality down; but unlike most examples listed, she's a villain.
* Raven from ''{{Teen Titans}}''

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