Sounds good on paper (he/him)
Opened. I agree that this might be Too Rare to Trope, but it's The Same, but More Specific to Gender-Restricted Ability either way.
The inbound count is pretty low at 1,230 since 2012, despite the page being made in 2010, so doing a full-fledged cut is on the table, and I'm in favor of that.
Edited by GastonRabbit on Apr 22nd 2024 at 6:23:07 AM
Patiently awaiting the release of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass.
low-poly Shinri
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She/Her | Currently cleaning N/A
Very Spooky
Cut. Most of the legitimate examples seem redundant with Gender-Restricted Ability.
back lol
Captain of USS Bajor
Oldest Internet Archive copy
for reference.
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The old description seems redundant with World of Action Girls.
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Am I a weirdo?
Merge with Gender-Restricted Ability.
Bigotry will NEVER be welcome on TV Tropes.
Nintendo Fanatic Extraordinaire
With two X chromosomes, I merge it with Gender-Restricted Ability!
Kirby is awesome.
I'm fine with either cut or disambig
I'd rather cut it, but merging is ok too
the Retromancer
I don't think it's rare, I think it's just another name for Gender-Restricted Ability, so it can be merged with it.
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Sounds good on paper (he/him)
Since this is wick-starved, we can go ahead and merge with Gender-Restricted Ability.
Patiently awaiting the release of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass.
Sounds good on paper (he/him)
This one's done, so locking.
Patiently awaiting the release of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass.
The description of Girl Powered defines it as "a magical artifact of unimaginable power" that "can only be used by a girl." The trope is 13 years old, but only has 20 wicks. It's quite possible that this is simply Too Rare to Trope.
I considered crosswicking to increase the number of wicks, but I saw a lot of misuse and zero-context examples on the page, so I did a Wick Check to see if there was just as much misuse in the wicks as on the page. It turns out that of the 20 wicks, only 6 are examples of Girl Powered in trope lists. Of those, only 2 have full context. (If the "unimaginable" part of "unimaginable power" is taken literally, then there are no correct examples of Girl Powered among the wicks.) At the same time, only 3 wicks were unambiguous misuse. The rest of the wicks didn't have enough context, mostly because they failed to mention that the artifact in question was magical, as opposed to verifying that the user was female through some sort of technology, like a biometric scanner. Many wicks mentioned Powered Armor, where technology might seem more likely. Some wicks also had enough context for the World of Action Girls trope.
It is, of course, worth asking if the description should simply be altered to remove the words "magical" and "unimaginable." However, I have to answer this question with a "no:" If this were done, the trope would become The Same, but More Specific for Gender-Restricted Ability, with that gender being "female" offering no additional tropeworthy value. (If you disagree, perhaps examples and wicks could be brought in from Gender-Restricted Ability to help this page thrive.)
Instead, my recommendation is to disambiguate Girl Powered between Gender-Restricted Ability, Powered Armor, and World of Action Girls. At a glance, many of the on-page examples would also fit one of these three tropes. As for Mana Takamiya, it seems like a lot of work was put into her Pantheon entries, and it would be a shame if they were all cut. Perhaps the Trope Pantheons Discussion
could make her the goddess of one of these three tropes instead.
Wick Check
- Girl Powered: Only women can eat the Mato "peaches" that grant super-powers to fight back against the mindless beasts coming from that dimension, who seek to kill and eat all life on Earth.
2. SCP Foundation SC Ps 1800 To 1999SCP-1954
- Helen Homemaker's Hints For The Harried Housewife
SCP-1954 is a 333 page hardcover book bearing the title "Helen Homemaker's Hints For The Harried Housewife". While inactive, the book appears to be a compendium of household management ideas, recipes, decorating ideas, arts and crafts instructions, party planning help, and other general homemaking tips.The first attempt at following the instructions, provided the instructions are followed exactly, always results in a successful product, while attempts to stray from the instructions will result in absolute failure. Upon subsequent uses of the book, the instructions are reported to become more out of the ordinary, gradually involving murder, cannibalization, sexual encounters, self-mutilation, and canned vegetables. At this point, the instructions designate methods to ensure a woman’s spouse's promotion, the death of a rival housewife, a child's placement in little league, personal acceptance into a country club, and other similar events.- Girl Powered: Only women can wish on the Skull Heart, and thus become Skullgirls.
2. Red Sonja (What is the McGuffin in this movie? Is it a magical artifact?)In the world of Daikuuriku, everyone is born female, and chooses which sex they wish to become at age 17 with a trip to a magical spring. In this world, the peaceful theocracy of Simulacrum is guarded by magical flying machines called "Simoun," which can only be piloted by young girls who haven't chosen a sex yet.
- Infinite Stratos: The IS units consist of bulky mechanical armor for the forearms and lower legs (making the wearer taller and allowing them to wield massive weapons), along with some kind of wings, Jet Pack or Shoulder Cannons (which float disconnected from their body). Aside from that, users wear only a sleeveless leotard which offers little protection. With the exception of The Protagonist, IS units can only be operated by women, and their overwhelming power has had enough impact on society to rapidly turn Earth into a Matriarchy.
2. Anime & Manga- Infinite Stratos: The Schwarzer Hase (German for Black Hares/Rabbits), complete with Nazi-esque uniforms and matching eyepatches. Come to think of it, just about every squad found in this series fall into this trope since the titular exoskeletons can only be used by women. The only exception is main character Ichika and the eventual (inevitable?) Battle Harem that forms around him.
3. G to I- Girl Powered is not an Always Female subtrope of Powered by a Forsaken Child.
4. Infinite StratosSometime in the future, a new exoskeleton called the Infinite Stratos (IS) system was developed in Japan and quickly demonstrated just how easily it could take out a variety of conventional military weapons. The weapon was soon adopted by several nations... save for one flaw — only women could pilot it. This shifted the social structure to favoring women over men, until Every Man Ichika Orimura becomes the first male to activate an IS and is soon thrust into a new life as a new student at the prestigious — and previously all-female — Infinite Stratos Academy.
5. Date A Live
- Mana Takamiya, Goddess of Female-Powered Weaponry (Adeptus 2) as a Lesser Goddess in the Halls of Power Levels and Appearance (House of Power and Abilities) and Other Weapon Tropes (House of Weapons)
6. GUAG Groups- Mana Takamiya, Goddess of Female-Powered Weaponry - GUAG Combat Division
7. Media Presentation- The Witchblade: Adaptive Armor, Balance between Light and Darkness, Blood Knight, Born of Heaven and Hell, Clingy MacGuffin, Empathic Weapon, Healing Factor, Healing Hands, Hybrid Power, Morph Weapon, Can generally only be wielded by women, Yin-Yang Bomb
8. Other Weapon TropesMana Takamiya, Goddess of Female-Powered Weaponry (Adeptus 2)
9. Power Levels and Appearance
Mana Takamiya, Goddess of Female-Powered Weaponry (Adeptus 2)
- Girl-Powered: A MacGuffin that only works for girls.
2. Sliding Scale of Gender Inequality (no mention of a magical artifact, and Girl Powered says nothing about boys being unable to gain powers by other means)- Many Harem series these days fall here (especially if they are ecchi-oriented) but generally only if only the girls can gain powers.
3. Chickification (I am not a girl, yet I was able to visit the unabridged version)Edited by FSharp on Apr 22nd 2024 at 6:56:22 AM
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