Quotes / I Was Beaten by a Girl

"Hehe... Lost to a girl again. So much for a wannabe Mario. You can't beat me in singing."

— Bonnie Freeman to MX, Super Mario Bros.: Monday Night Mix

Death Adder: Guwaaahh!! Impossible... This-this can't be... How... How could I, Death Adder, be defeated by such a mere girl?
Tyris Flare: I wasn't alone... This blade holds the combined power of all your previous victims...

—Golden Axe (PC-Engine Version)

"Men will always underestimate you and their pride will make them want to vanquish you quickly, lest it be said that a woman tried them sorely."

Ser Goodwin, to Brienne of Tarth, A Song of Ice and Fire

Belsworth was furious at being whipped by a woman, even if she was wearing black leather and knee-high boots.

— Giggles Bags the Borg

Brother Ray: How many men did it take to cut you down?

Sandor Clegane: Just one.

Brother Ray: He must have been some kind of monster.

Sandor Clegane: It was a woman.

(Brother Ray laughs)

— Game of Thrones, "The Broken Man"

Bronn: It's against my code to hurt a woman.
Obara: It's amazing how many men we beat seem to have this code.

— Game of Thrones, "The Gift"

Nala: Pinned ya!
Simba: (pushes her off) Hey, let me up!
(Simba glares at the smug Nala, only to tackle her again and roll down a hill with her. Nala laughs the whole way and once again is on top of him)
Nala: (smugly) Pinned ya again.
(Simba can only glare up at her in defeat)

— The Lion King (1994)

Superboy: How did you, a mere girl, ever get here ahead of me?
Supergirl: You'll just have to get used to the idea that a Supergirl can be just as super-duper as a Superboy!

— Superboy (1949) #80''

Killed by an insect. A girl! How inappropriate.

— The Master scorns Chantho's Last Breath Bullet, Doctor Who, "Utopia"

Kara didn't stop pounding. The knuckles of her right hand acquainted themselves with U-Ban's face again and again and again. Through main effort and determination, he struggled to bring his own hand up. She slapped it away and kept pounding and pounding and pounding. When her right got tired, she took hold of him with that hand and let her left get in some work. There was no time lost in any of these operations. To U-Ban, it was just the same fist hitting him in the face over and over, like a piston from a top-notch but antique Kryptonian motor.
A girl. A girl was beating the crap out of him.

— A Force of Four

Boudicca: I built a massive army, headed straight for the city
Beat them all with ease — unlike me, it wasn't pretty
Chopped them and hacked, but what made their red blood curl?
Roman Soldier: Bad enough being beaten, but beaten by a girl?

— Horrible Histories, "Boudicca"

Avon: How would you like me to let some fresh air into that rancid little brain of yours?

Bayban: Go ahead. You'd be famous. The man who killed Bayban!

Cally: [points gun at Bayban] I'd quite like to be famous, too. How about the woman that killed Bayban?

Dayna: [doing likewise] Or better still, the girl who killed Bayban!

— Blake's 7, "City at the Edge of the World"

"You might not want to tell your friends about that."

— Mercy, Overwatch

You conquered all but a woman.

— Inscription on the tomb of Nikephoros Phokas

"We have male pride on our side. Like I'm sure Kikuchi here isn't going to run off to his friends and tell them he got thrashed by some girl."

— Ai Tokiwa, Great Teacher Onizuka

"You lost out on your first task... and to a girl! Is this the great Superboy we learned about in school? What's your excuse?"

— Cosmic Boy, The Legion of Super-Heroes!

"Before I was respected! Now the other criminals will laugh at me behind my back because I was saved by you!"

— Lex Luthor, The Death of Luthor

"...I yield. The point is yours, Eirika. You're swift, aren't you? Compared to you, I'm— I've been bested at fencing by a woman. Pitiful crown prince, am I not?"

— Lyon during a flashback, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

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