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* One episode of the NBC cop drama ''Life'' featured a suspect who had hidden important files on the hard drive of his UsefulNotes/XBox. The only way to access the files was to reach "Level 10" of ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' (the errors of this requirement earned it the top spot in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19160_8-scenes-that-prove-hollywood-doesnt-get-technology.html this Cracked article]]). The leads get a stereotypical (male) nerd to play the game, but he proves unable to get past level two. At this point, a crowd has gathered to watch him try. Main character Charlie Crews suddenly notices a young woman among the group who is moving her fingers as if she is pressing buttons. He walks over, brings her out of the crowd, and has the current player give her the controller; true to this trope, she manages to successfully complete the game and unlock the files.

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* One episode of the NBC cop drama ''Life'' featured a suspect who had hidden important files on the hard drive of his UsefulNotes/XBox.Platform/XBox. The only way to access the files was to reach "Level 10" of ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' (the errors of this requirement earned it the top spot in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19160_8-scenes-that-prove-hollywood-doesnt-get-technology.html this Cracked article]]). The leads get a stereotypical (male) nerd to play the game, but he proves unable to get past level two. At this point, a crowd has gathered to watch him try. Main character Charlie Crews suddenly notices a young woman among the group who is moving her fingers as if she is pressing buttons. He walks over, brings her out of the crowd, and has the current player give her the controller; true to this trope, she manages to successfully complete the game and unlock the files.
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* ''Film/{{Sheroes}}'': All of the men at the underground fighting competition are incredulous after Rydar, a woman, arrives to challenge the reigning undefeated champion. She's skillful enough to defeat him fairly quickly though.
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* [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] In ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'', princess Merida holds an archery tournament between three clans to see who is worthy of having her hand in marriage. Only one succeeds in hitting the bullseye, but Merida isn't impressed. She hits all three bullseyes easily, including [[ImprobableAimingSkills splitting the arrow that hit the bullseye down the middle]]. HilarityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome and reality]] between her and Queen Elinor; [[spoiler:Merida broke tradition, embarrassed the three clans, and almost provoked a civil war because she didn't choose a husband]].

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* [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] In ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'', princess Merida holds an archery tournament between three clans to see who is worthy of having her hand in marriage. Only one succeeds in hitting the bullseye, but Merida isn't impressed. She hits all three bullseyes easily, including [[ImprobableAimingSkills splitting the arrow that hit the bullseye down the middle]]. HilarityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome and reality]] between her and Queen Elinor; Elinor and so does gravity of her actions; [[spoiler:Merida broke tradition, embarrassed the three clans, and almost provoked a civil war because she didn't choose a husband]].
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* The main subplot of ''Naked Came the Florida Man'' (by Creator/TimDorsey) is AcademicAthlete Chris, who has always been a faster runner than her male classmates but hasn't gotten much respect for it, joining her school's football team with the help of TeamDad Coach Calhoun.

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* ''Literature/SergeStorms'': The main subplot of ''Naked Came the Florida Man'' (by Creator/TimDorsey) is AcademicAthlete Chris, who has always been a faster runner than her male classmates but hasn't gotten much respect for it, joining her school's football team with the help of TeamDad Coach Calhoun.
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* In the ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' episode, "Bone Of Arc" Samantha joins the boys' soccer team and her team mates love her for it.

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* In the ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' episode, "Bone Of Arc" episode "[[Recap/WishboneS1E10BoneOfArc Bone of Arc]]," Samantha joins the boys' soccer team and her team mates love her for it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'', the one where Penny plays on the school football team, single-handedly turns the homecoming game from a blowout loss into a game they have a chance to win...and drops the ball on the final play.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'', the one where Penny plays on the school football team, single-handedly turns the homecoming game from a blowout loss into a game they have a chance to win... and drops the ball on the final play.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'': The school baseball team rejects Patty from the school team just for being a girl, she forms her own team, with some other rejects and girls. In a game against the school team, Doug represents the game-winning run for Patty's team after finally getting a hit...but what do you know, Roger makes the game-winning catch from her at-bat and wins for the school. Patty then decides to [[OffTheTable turn down]] the school coach's offer to let her join the school team.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'': The school baseball team rejects Patty from the school team just for being a girl, she forms her own team, with some other rejects and girls. In a game against the school team, Doug represents the game-winning run for Patty's team after finally getting a hit... but what do you know, Roger makes the game-winning catch from her at-bat and wins for the school. Patty then decides to [[OffTheTable turn down]] the school coach's offer to let her join the school team.



* Inverted and parodied mercilessly on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. Leela is offered the chance to be the first female professional Blernsball player in history--but only because her [[{{Cyclops}} single eye]] makes her lack depth perception and thus inevitably bean whoever's up to bat against her pitching. Notably, when the Blernsball talent scout approaches Leela to sign her on, he politely and repeatedly makes it clear that's she awful and he will only be hiring her as a publicity stunt, which defies the chauvinism usually associated with this trope. Later, a genuinely-talented female Blernsball player named Jackie Anderson calls Leela out for the damage she's doing to women's attempts to play by reinforcing negative stereotypes; when the women face off in a final game, Jackie wins, but assures Leela that she ended up being a role model anyway...by encouraging girls to prove that they ''don't'' suck as much as she does.

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* Inverted and parodied mercilessly on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. Leela is offered the chance to be the first female professional Blernsball player in history--but only because her [[{{Cyclops}} single eye]] makes her lack depth perception and thus inevitably bean whoever's up to bat against her pitching. Notably, when the Blernsball talent scout approaches Leela to sign her on, he politely and repeatedly makes it clear that's she awful and he will only be hiring her as a publicity stunt, which defies the chauvinism usually associated with this trope. Later, a genuinely-talented female Blernsball player named Jackie Anderson calls Leela out for the damage she's doing to women's attempts to play by reinforcing negative stereotypes; when the women face off in a final game, Jackie wins, but assures Leela that she ended up being a role model anyway... by encouraging girls to prove that they ''don't'' suck as much as she does.

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* ''Series/{{Pitch|2016}}'' features this trope as its main premise, centering on the UsefulNotes/{{MLB|Teams}}'s first female player.

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* ''Series/{{Pitch|2016}}'' features this trope as its main premise, centering on the UsefulNotes/{{MLB|Teams}}'s UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball's first female player.
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* ''Film/ShesTheMan'', the modern re-imagining of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'', centers around this trope. The girl's soccer team is cut, the girls are denied the chance to try out for the guys' team because "girls can't beat boys," so Amanda Bynes transfers schools in drag and HilarityEnsues.

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* ''Film/ShesTheMan'', the modern re-imagining of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'', centers around this trope. The girl's soccer team is cut, the girls are denied the chance to try out for the guys' team because "girls can't beat boys," so Amanda Bynes transfers schools in drag and HilarityEnsues. [[spoiler:In the finale, she proves herself by making a game-winning kick for her team while playing as her actual gender after it's been revealed.]]
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* In the ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' episode, "Fight The Power" a few girls really look up to Jane for joining the football team. At the same time, she ends up being violently bullied by the rest of the team, the cheerleaders, and even ''the principal''.

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* In the ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' episode, "Fight The Power" a few girls really look up to Jane for joining the football team. At the same time, she ends up being violently bullied by the rest of the team, the cheerleaders, and even ''the principal''.
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* The main subplot of ''Naked Came the Florida Man'' (by Creator/TimDorsey) is AcademicAthlete Chris, who has always been a faster runner than her male classmates but hasn't gotten much respect for it, joining her school's football team with the help of TeamDad Coach Calhoun.
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* One early episode of ''Series/GilligansIsland'' sees Ginger and Mary-Ann go "on strike" from doing all of the domestic chores for the castaways until the guys build them their own hut, which they've been promising to do since the ''Minnow'' crashed; Mrs. Howell joins their crusade when she points out that Thurston has also been putting off constructing a hut for just the two of them. The Professor grabs the JerkassBall and declares that they don't have time, and furthermore that men are naturally better leaders than women. Ginger, Mary-Ann, and Mrs. Howell then team up to establish a camp of their own and succeed, while the guys prove hopelessly unable to manage things without the women to help them.

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* One "St. Gilligan and the Dragon," an early episode of ''Series/GilligansIsland'' sees Ginger and Mary-Ann Mary Ann go "on strike" from doing all of the domestic chores for the castaways until the guys build them their own hut, which they've been promising to do since the ''Minnow'' crashed; Mrs. Howell joins their crusade when she points out that Thurston has also been putting off constructing a hut for just the two of them. The Professor grabs the JerkassBall and declares that they don't have time, and furthermore that men are naturally better leaders than women. Ginger, Mary-Ann, Mary Ann, and Mrs. Howell then team up to establish a camp of their own and succeed, while the guys prove hopelessly unable to manage things without the women to help them.
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* One early episode of ''Series/GilligansIsland'' sees Ginger and Mary-Ann go "on strike" from doing all of the domestic chores for the castaways until the guys build them their own hut, which they've been promising to do since the ''Minnow'' crashed; Mrs. Howell joins their crusade when she points out that Thurston has also been putting off constructing a hut for just the two of them. The Professor grabs the JerkassBall and declares that they don't have time, and furthermore that men are naturally better leaders than women. Ginger, Mary-Ann, and Mrs. Howell then team up to establish a camp of their own and succeed, while the guys prove hopelessly unable to manage things without the women to help them.
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* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. Katara's skill at waterbending did manage to impress Pakku, who believed that women shouldn't learn combat-bending, when she instigated a fight with him, but while she put up a good fight he still crushed her since [[OldMaster he has far more experience than her]]. He still refused to teach her afterwards until he learns that Katara's grandmother is actually his long-lost love, whom he drove away with his attitude. After he accepts Katara as a student and sees her progress, he chides all his other students for not keeping up.

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* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. Katara's skill at waterbending did manage to impress Pakku, who believed that women shouldn't learn combat-bending, when she instigated a fight with him, but while she put up a good fight fight, he still crushed her since [[OldMaster he has far more experience than her]]. He still refused to teach her afterwards until he learns that Katara's grandmother is actually his long-lost love, whom he drove away with his attitude. After he accepts Katara as a student and sees her progress, he chides all his other students for not keeping up.

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