'''Basic Trope''': Women always fight other women.
* '''Straight''': When [[ActionGirl Alice's]] and [[DarkActionGirl Claire's]] teams square off, they fight each other.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Two armies, both having soldiers of both sexes, face off. Every female soldier on one side fights a female soldier on the other side.
** Two {{Amazon Brigade}}s of different factions fight each other, with no men around.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Alice and Claire target each other most of the time, but they do not fight each other exclusively.
** Alice ''occasionally'' fights with some men, but most of her opponents are female.
* '''Justified''':
** ItsPersonal between Alice and Claire.
** Alice's skill set is the best suited for dealing with the DarkActionGirl (or vice versa, depending on which side gets to dictate the terms of battle)
** Claire is a violent sadist whom is known for brutal attacks towards male genitalia, which is the real reason why the men are rather hesitant on fighting her.
** Men on both sides have a [[WouldntHitAGirl "won't hit a girl"]] policy.
** WorldOfActionGirls - All people who participated in fights are women of [[AmazonBrigade multiple all-women teams]], while men are absent.
** All fighting takes place in tournaments, where sexes are segregated to ensure an even match (analogous to RealLife sports).
** Alice has a power set that would allow her to defeat a man instantly (such as the capacity to seduce them if she touched them) so Claire fighting her is the only option.
* '''Inverted''':
** TheOneGuy on one side fights the other side's [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only girl]].
** Every team member fights an enemy of the opposite gender.
* '''Gender Inverted''': Allistair, TheOneGuy of his group, fights Clay, who's also TheOneGuy of his group.
* '''Subverted''':
** Alice and Claire face off, size each other up... and switch to different opponents.
** Alternatively: One of them [[UnsettlingGenderReveal turns out to be a guy in drag.]]
** For a [[TakeAThirdOption Third Option]], the fight is just getting started when one combatant proceeds to [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomp]] the other, and moves on to another opponent.
** Claire is so tough it takes Alice and Bob fighting together to beat her.
** Claire uses {{summon magic}} to fight and calls a male creature to attack Alice.
** There are two girls on each team; Alice and Claire fight each other, while the other two each fight one of the guys.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Both Alice and Claire easily defeat their respective opponents, then fight each other.
** Or both choose the only other women on each team for their opponents, so the fights are still both girl vs. girl.
** From Subverted #2, she isn't a guy in drag at all. [[LadyLooksLikeADude She just looks like one]].
** The opposing team is only described in vague detail up to TheReveal that they are gender opposite of Alice's team. All the boys attack the girls while Alice attacks the one guy but the "girls" turn to be boys in drag and the one guy is a girl [[SamusIsAGirl wearing a suit that makes her look masculine]].
** After Alice's trounces the monster Clair [[{{devour the dragon}} assimilates it and attacks Alice directly]].
* '''Parodied''':
** [[CatFight Alice and Claire start fighting]], and their male teammates stop to watch. [[PassThePopcorn And bring popcorn]].
** The matches are horribly unbalanced! For example: The "good" guys send [[ShrinkingViolet little and fragile]] [[WhiteMagicianGirl Alice]] (who's an ActualPacifist to boot!) against Claire who is a [[BloodKnight murderous]] and [[TheJuggernaut nigh unstoppable]] BrawnHilda. Seriously, {{what the hell hero}}es!?
** [[FanserviceFauxFight The two have a pillow fight]].
** The pair start at opposite ends of a massive battlefield, and ignore all other potential targets in order to fight one another.
** Alice or Claire is stripped naked during the fight, and someone records it and posts it online.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Claire beats Alice and moves onto another opponent... but then Alice [[HeroicSecondWind gets back up]], and the fight continues.
* '''Averted''':
** The female characters on each side don't fight each other.
** There's no fighting scene in the show.
* '''Enforced''':
** "We can't have TheHero [[WouldntHitAGirl hit a girl!]] Have the ActionGirl fight her instead."
** Alternatively: "We need {{fanservice}}."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Look, there's a girl on the other side! Fortunately, we've got one on our side, too."
* '''Invoked''':
** Claire joins the fight for the express purpose of having a chance to rip her goody-two-shoes counterpart's face off.
** Alternatively, one team recruits Alice for the sole purpose of countering any {{Action Girl}}s their opponents may have.
** The organizer of fighting event introduces the sex-segregation rule for all matches to make sure that the competition is fair enough for everyone.
* '''Exploited''': Knowing the boys on the opposing side won't hit a girl and knowing they also team with a very formidable girl, a girl of their own is sent out explicitly to manipulate the opposing team into unfavorable positions.
* '''Defied''':
** Claire wants to fight Alice, but her male teammate's skill set is a better matchup against that particular opponent, so she lets him handle it. She fights a male opponent whom her skill set is better suited to dealing with.
** [[CombatPragmatist Bob]] empties a machine gun into the opposing force's crowd [[NoNonsenseNemesis to try to thin their numbers]] and kills Alice before she and Claire face off.
* '''Discussed''': "Woo, catfight!"
* '''Conversed''': "So why is it that the female characters in action movies always fight each other?"
* '''Deconstructed''':
** The ActionGirl is mentally unable to fight at her full potential against men due to a tragic accident in her backstory.
** Alternatively, the ActionGirl doesn't fight men because she doesn't feel like it's fair to fight someone who's (technically) not allowed to fight her.
** Or they do go the LesYay route but have Claire be a PsychoLesbian who wants to rape Alice (if she hasn't already). And even if the scene is played for Drama it both of these ladies are an example of MsFanservice can invoke [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale certain]] other [[GirlOnGirlIsHot reactions]] as well. (Though to be fair there is a chance for it to be intentional especially if its a dark comedy.)
** The ActionGirl who DoesNotLikeMen has been trained especially for fighting men, but her skills become a waste when they refuse to fight her, much to her dismay.
** This is ''not'' a CatFight. This is bloody, brutal combat. There is no hair pulling, there is no torn clothing, and the only thing these girls are covered in is ''blood''. Someone will die, and if they're lucky, they won't need to be identified by dental records (assuming they have any teeth left.) The survivor will likely leave with heavy scars at best, and possibly permanent injuries. Alice, if she survives, may be traumatized by what she just did... Or might not even bat an eyelash when asked about it later.
* '''Reconstructed'''
** She overcomes her mental block, but still happens to have the skills best-suited to taking down the Claire. Now, though, she can keep fighting after.
** The technicality is made official. Men cannot attack women and more women are brought onto the team so that Alice doesn't have to bear the load on her own.
* '''Played For Laughs''': [[TheHero Bob]] is about to attack Claire with a steel chair, but he stops himself, knowing he WouldntHitAGirl. He proceeds to bring Alice over, and hand her the steel chair, giving her the OK in beating Claire senseless.
-> '''Bob''': Oh right, I WouldntHitAGirl! Alice, come over here! Take this steel chair I've got here, and beat Claire senseless with it!
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