An
Always Female character mixing the archetypes of
Beast Man and
Amazonian Beauty. The Beastess is a female character who is big, strong, and intimidating, while showing primal or animalistic traits.
She is prone to
Hulk Speak, and is often a
Barbarian Heroine due having lived isolated from civilization in some way—whether she is
raised by wild animals or a member of a primitive tribe. Occasionally she is only a Beastess in appearance, which can vary from being
heavy set, to athletic, to even having
Boobs of Steel, but
always imposing in size and strength. Despite her "savage" traits and appearance, a Beastess can actually be a very calm, even intelligent character.
Depending on how much of
beast there is in a Beastess, she can sometimes overlap with
Cute Monster Girl.
Examples:
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Comics
Literature
- Taura, from the Vorkosigan Saga, nearly defines this trope. She's an eight-foot-tall genetically-modified Super Soldier with fangs who can rip people to shreds with her bare hands - and highly intelligent, with an unexpectedly sweet personality (and a fondness for pink frilly clothing). She much prefers intimidation to violence - she remarks at one point that, when trouble starts, she looms at people, and if that doesn't work she smiles.
Tabletop Games
Video Games
- The female Orcs of World of Warcraft all fit.
- Sheeva, introduced in Mortal Kombat 3, most certainly fits the bill. A member of the Shokan race, Sheeva was introduced as a faster, female version of Goro and Kintaro. In 3 (as well as the 2011 reboot), she was depicted as tall with a more muscular physique than the other girls, as showcased here.
◊ Sheeva went absent for the majority of the series afterwards as she apparently died, but when everyone was brought back for Armageddon, Sheeva was given a redesign◊ with a darker skin tone and even more muscularity. Suffice to say, a good deal of fans wouldn't mind if Sheeva wailed on them.
- The Neverwinter Nights community mod series The Aielund Saga has a female half-orc mercenary captain late in the story who will flirt with a male player character.
- Raijin from Muramasa is an odd example of this trope, seeing as she's a goddess (however, this is accurate to Japanese Mythology, as the original Raijin resembled an oni). She's a towering, muscular, fight-loving woman with a very fiery temper. However, Raijin veers more towards Cute Monster Girl when her deredere side surfaces (moreso around her lover, the cute and adorable Fujin).
Webcomics
Western Animation
- Fiona of Shrek, after her transformation into an ogress.
