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-->-- '''[[Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple Miu]]''', after beating up all the bad guys herself...''[[RunningGag again]]''

* Subverted by Ran Mouri from ''Manga/DetectiveConan''. She is Shinichi's LoveInterest ''and'' an ActionGirl but [[FountainOfYouth he's stuck as Conan]] and [[LockedOutOfTheLoop she's not aware of it]]... therefore, whenever she goes MamaBear on anyone that threatens him, she doesn't know she's actually defending her "not"-boyfriend.

* [[GenderFlip Gender aside]], ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'''s Sousuke Sagara fits this archetype down to the letter, serving as the TroubledButCute (and [[FishOutOfWater completely out of his depth]]) covert bodyguard to OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent and AudienceSurrogate, Kaname Chidori.

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': Kim is the HeroProtagonist and Ron is her sidekick, eventually becoming her boyfriend.

* After season 12 of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', it seems very likely that Wendy will become one of these for Stan when she grows up.

* In ''ComicBook/TheMazeAgency'', the man characters are a boyfriend/girlfriend pair who solve crimes. Gabe, the male half, is a NoNActionGuy who frequently needs to be bailed out of trouble by Jen, an ex-CIA agent turned PrivateEye.

* If the player chooses [[Franchise/MassEffect Shepard]] to be female and romances Kelly in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. Or Samantha Traynor in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''.

* In ''{{Girly}}'', officer Hipbone is this to Policeguy when he's not fighting too. An old opponent faced him when he had retired from the force (and thus couldn't get into fights without ending up in trouble), so she fought for him. The guy tried to mock him for this, but Policeguy just [[PassThePopcorn sat back and enjoyed the show]].

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* ''Manga/{{Change 123}}'' offers an interesting case where the girlfriend of the NonActionGuy protagonist has three {{split personalit|y}}ies which are, each on her own way, {{Action Girl}}s, but the main personality (whom he loves the most) is a ShrinkingViolet.

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* Sarah, from ''Series/{{Chuck}}''.
** At least until Chuck TookALevelInBadass and they got together, at which point they became a BattleCouple.

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* Literature/WhateleyUniverse example: Bladedancer. Gateway and Chain Lightning may both have mutant powers, but they're both having to step up their game to be the significant other of the Handmaid of the Tao.
* [[spoiler: Salem]] from ''WhatIsThisBlackMagicYouCallScience?'', though he's pretty harsh to said girlfriend, especially in her [[TrainingfromHell daily training regimens]].

* Tex of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' for Church, played for laughs (more the girlfriend part for laughs than the action part...).

* WesternAnimation/KimPossible: Kim is the HeroProtagonist and Ron is her sidekick, eventually becoming her boyfriend.

* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'': Ryoko is fiercely protective of Tenchi, due to her feelings for him. She's gone so far as to openly defy Kagato, who was jointly responsible for [[ArtificialHuman creating her]], because he tried to kill Tenchi. And in ''"The Daughter of Darkness"'', Ryoko instinctively recognized Mayuka as a threat to him and attacked her; resulting in Tenchi [[spoiler: [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished slapping Ryoko for it]]]].

* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'': Ryoko. Ayeka as well, but her refined nature prevents it from dominating her personality.

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' has the female Warden, who at the time is arguably the most {{badass}} person in Thedas, for whichever character she romances. Optionally, the Female Dwarf Noble was this for Gorim in her backstory, though it was a SecretRelationship due to their class differences.

It starts with an ordinary guy living an ordinary life then he [[BlitheSpirit meets a woman who changes his life forever]]. Unlike a typical MagicalGirlfriend, the series is more about her [[ActionGirl kicking butt and taking names]] than causing [[HilarityEnsues hilarity to ensue]]. The story might be told [[POVBoyPosterGirl through the guy's eyes]], but as often as not she's the real star.

* ''Film/SpidersIIBreedingGround'': Alexandra, who goes through hell and back to rescue her fiancé Jason after the bad guys have him implanted with a spider egg.

* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Annabeth to Percy in the first book, as she's been training for years while he's only just discovered he's a demigod and relies mostly on his natural powers. By the time they actually get together, he's more than caught up and is a BadAss all of his own. He's still happy to admit there are some areas, particularly battle strategy, where she's more skilled than him.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Rory might be the Whoniverse's resident {{Badass}}, but he doesn't exactly like the adventurous lifestyle. His wife Amy is far more gung ho about going on adventures. She even saved Rory's life several times.

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': Parley is this to Andrew once they get together.

** At least until Chuck TookALevelInBadass, at which point he became a BattleCouple with Sarah.

* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' Syndicate: If one looks at things from Henry Greens point of view, he's a clever analyst but a bumbling field agent, and Evie Frye swings into his life like the damn dashing assassin dame that she is, kicking ass all over the place while taking over London's underworld on the way to finding mystical artifacts.

It starts with an ordinary guy living an ordinary life then he [[BlitheSpirit meets a woman who changes his life forever]]. Unlike a typical MagicalGirlfriend, the series is more about her [[Actio[[quoteright:335:[[WesternAnimation/KimPossible http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kimpossible.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:335:Ron, stop checking out Kim and ''focus!'']]

->''"Oh, oops, I forgot to leave some for Kenichi again."''
-->-- '''[[Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple Miu]]''', after beating up all the bad guys herself...''[[RunningGag again]]''

* From the {{Nasuverse}} there's [[BloodKnight Ryougi]] [[LadyOfWar Shiki]] of ''LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai'', who is the love interest of NonActionGuy Kokutou Mikiya.

* Merry to Yumeji from ''Manga/YumekuiMerry'' could count; according to Isana, Merry does indeed like Yumeji, she just isn't fully aware of it.

->"Oh, oops, I forgot to leave some for Kenichi again."
-->--'''[[Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple Miu]]''', after beating up all the bad guys herself...''[[RunningGag again]]''