History Main / CatFight

* ''Film/BlackMamaWhiteMama'' has several cat fights between the two main characters, as well as with other inmates in the women's prison where the film starts. Being an ExploitationFilm remake of ''[[ChainedHeat The Defiant Ones]]'' [[RecycledINSPACE WITH WOMEN]], it's really not that surprising. After their escape things get more serious and they have to fight real enemies in a much more deadly manner.

* This is the ''name'' of the ''[[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/catfight/index.html Catfight]]'' FightingGame... except it [[FightSceneFailure fails]] [[FetishRetardant on many]] [[ObviousBeta aspects]].

** In one chapter, [[ClingyJealousGirl Hinata]] confronts Naruto about the compromising position she found [[AbhorrentAdmirer Nanami]] and him in. While Naruto manages to convince her it was not what she thought it was, she still states if Nanami were still present present, she would [[CurseCutShort "Jyuuken her skinny little a-"]] a-" before she catches herself.herself]].

** In one of the Mini-sodes, while at a lake, Sakura, Ino, and Tenten (who are all wearing swimsuits) have a fight that turn into a BigBallOfViolence over which one between them is the hottest. The guys look at her while this is happening and Naruto comments "I wanna look away... but I can't."

** In one chapter, [[ClingyJealousGirl Hinata]] confronts Naruto about the compromising position she found [[AbhorrentAdmirer Nanami]] and him in. While Naruto manages to convince her it was not what she thought it was, she still states if Nanami were still present present, she would [[OutOfCharacterMoment [[CurseCutShort "Jyuuken her skinny little a-"]] a-" before she catches herself.herself]].

--> '''Cuulhorne:''' 'Beautiful Charlotte Cuulhorne's final, holy, wonderful, pretty, super-magnum sexy, sexy, glamorous... cero!'
--> '''Yumichika:''' 'That's just a normal cero!'

--->'''Catwoman:''' I'm a jewel thief. I came here to steal the jewel.
--->'''Cheshire:''' And I'm a League of Shadow assassin. I came here to kill the jewel thief.
--->'''Catwoman:''' You came here to ''try''.
--->'''Cheshire:''' Cat fight?
--->'''Catwoman:''' [[BringIt Cat fight!]] ''(they fight)''

--->'''Catwoman:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Cat fight?]]
--->'''Cheetah:''' ''(SlasherSmile)'' [[PantheraAwesome BIG]] catfight!

* ''Series/BufffyTheVampireSlayer''

* Parodied in the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E7TheInitiative The Initiative]]", with possibly the only cat fight in the series, between [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Vampire]] [[DumbBlonde Harmony]] and [[NonActionGuy Xander]] -- at the time the only male member of the group (other than [[MentorArchetype Giles]]). The fight, in classic cat fight fashion, begins with a bitchslap and continues into shin kicking, name calling, and hair pulling. It finally ends in a stalemate and an agreement never to mention it to anyone.
-->'''Xander:''' Harmony, it's been great catching up. Really, I'm just gonna pick up the tattered shreds of my dignity and go home.
** The Harmony-Xander fight is made even more awesome by the comedic use of slow motion and epic fight music.

* A staple of defunct ProfessionalWrestling federation Wrestling/{{ECW}} (pre-{{Revival}}), to the point that commentator Joel Gertner's shrieks of, "CATFIIIIIIIIIGHT!" became a CatchPhrase second only to Wrestling/JoeyStyles' wails of, [[BigOMG "OH MY GOD!"]]

* The only fight where [[FauxActionGirl Mai Shiranui]] actually did well in ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' was against a female, [[DarkChick Panni]]. Subverted in that, while it was a one-on-one girl duel and had quite the fanservice, [[spoiler: Mai not only wins, but ''BRUTALLY'' curb-stomps Panni and either kills or seriously wounds her.]]

* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', villain Vithaldas deliberately creates one of these between Lucy and Juvia, by using his magic to seize control of Lluvia's mind and force her to attack Lucy (despite the fact that he could control them both if he'd wanted). As you might imagine, he makes it as titillating as possible, although it's actually not bad from the reader's perspective.

* In ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'', after Akeno falls in love with Issei as well, she and her master (and [[HeterosexualLifePartner her best friend]]) Rias often get into quarrels over him, such as getting into fights with their demonic powers or arguing who Issei considers more attractive or likes more.
* Similarly, when women fight each other in ''Manga/IkkiTousen'', not only their clothes and panties end up either exposed or destroyed, but the girls beat the everloving '''shit''' out of each other, sometimes to almost lethal degrees. (i.e.: Ryoumou and Hakufu's fight - specially when Hakufu's Dragon kicks in -, when Ryuubi gets possessed by her Dragon and said SuperpoweredEvilSide ''skewers'' Ryuubi's own friends Kan'u and Chouhi. and Ryoumou almost being slain by Ten'i and her arrows.)

* There's a major one in ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}''. It's not meant as {{Fanservice}} and it's a subverted case since the two opponents do their very best to beat each other into a bloody mess and wooden swords are used in the first half of the fight. It's still awesome to witness. The two fighters are [[spoiler:Taiga and class rep Sumire. Watch episode 16 for the fight]].

* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. In the MirrorUniverse episode, a [[{{Stripperiffic}} scantily-clad]] T'Pol and Hoshi have a knife fight while exchanging snarky comments about each others' sex lives.

* ''[[Series/WonderWoman1975 Wonder Woman]]'': Averted. There are several times in which Wonder Woman fights another woman ("The New, Original Wonder Woman", "Wonder Woman Meets Baroness von Gunther", and "Formicida" among others), but none of her fights have the hair pulling, eye scratching, and lack of skill associated with the trope. The show went out of its way to clearly show that Wonder Woman was the heroine and when she fought, it was to take down her opponent, man or woman.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' The episode, "I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar" had Peter sent to SensitivityTraining and coming back as some kind of bizarre hybrid of StrawFeminist and gossipy housewife. A cat fight between Lois and the sensitivity coach snaps him out of it.
* Played for laughs in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' a couple of times. For example, in the episode "Jurassic Bark", Fry is motivated by a chance to resurrect his long-dead dog and he completely ignores Leela and Amy wrestling in skimpy outfits. A few other times, the men are quite happy to watch a cat fight.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' unless it's a robotic or monstrous foe.
** One episode featured a lengthy, violent, conspicuously [[TheHitFlash HitFlash-free]] fight between Supergirl and her evil clone Galatea. Horribly brutal, yes, but considering they're both [[MostCommonSuperPower very well-built women]] it still tickles the inner corners of the viewers minds.
** However, this was later one-upped by the episode "Grudge Match," whose entire plot can be summed up as "We force gorgeous women to wrestle for half an hour." Featuring members like Black Canary (aka The Blonde Bombshell), Huntress, and Vixen, and culminating with a four-on-one match against Wonder Woman (who dominates), the fights were actually ''marketed'' as cat fights in-universe as a way to cash in through the "Glamor Slam". It even ends with Huntress and Black Canary (who had a physical and verbal altercation in a prior episode) about to fight again--just for the hell of it.

* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', there is an arcade at the Kwik-E-Mart called "Catfight", with such moves as "hairpull".
** Also mentioned on "Tennis the Menace" where Homer thinks that tennis is "the sport where chicks whale on each other" (which is foxy-boxing) and in "Lisa on Ice" (the episode where Lisa joins the hockey team after getting a notice stating that she's failing gym) where Homer tells Lisa that, [[AsTheGoodBookSays according to the Bible]], girls should stick to girl sports, such as hot-oil wrestling and foxy-boxing.

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''. Harley Quinn and Mercy have Hate-At-First-Sight moment. While there is torn clothing (and the occasional [[ThatPoorCat cat yelp]]) it's indicated to be a brutal fight.
** And another aversion to the trope that unlike most male witnesses - ComicBook/LexLuthor and ComicBook/TheJoker continue their negotiation, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight not paying an iota of attention to the carnage]]. [[FunnyBackgroundEvent The camera doesn't pay any attention to the girls either.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': "Date With Destiny" featured a classic cat fight between Starfire and [[MeaningfulName Kitten]] on the prom's dessert table. Tip: Never date a guy with a girlfriend who can shoot lasers out of her eyes.

* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. In the MirrorUniverse episode, a [[BareYourMidriff scantily-clad]] T'Pol and Hoshi have a knife fight while exchanging snarky comments about each others' sex lives.

-->'''Dan:''' Excuse me! Is this a sex thing? Because if it is, I'll go get my camera, and we can forget about [[ADateWithRosiePalms those magazines]].

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Pro Heroines [[DressedLikeADominatrix Midnight]] and [[SizeShifter Mt. Lady]] get into one of these during an interview in a talk show, when the latter takes a jab at the former [[ChristmasCake due to her age]]. We don't get to see it, but Mineta, who is watching the program on TV, is ''very'' pleased.

%%* ''Film/TheBrainThatWouldntDie''

%%* ''Film/OneMillionYearsBC.'': Creator/RaquelWelch and Creator/MartineBeswick, in FurBikini.

%%* ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace''. It's not [=RuPaul=]'s Best Friends Race, [[CallBack BITCH!!!]]

* Though the song itself isn't about a Catfight, Or is it?. New Zealand band Kids of 88 has this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWm9v9Bh0b0&feature=autofb video]] and it's not just an awesome cat fight but it's an awesome cat fight in SLOW MO. But they still had to throw in a little HoYay while at it.

* In the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fanfic ''FanFic/TheSomewhatCrackedMindOfUchihaItachi''

* In ''FanFic/HotspringSouls'', the Slayer of Demons and Garl Vinland routinely have these. The two are not only ''grown men'', but also {{knight|InShiningArmor}}s!

* The 1934 ''[[Film/{{Cleopatra 1934}} Cleopatra]]'' takes this literally. The burlesque dinner theater stage show Cleopatra stages for Antony has three hot slave girls, dressed as cats. Fighting.

* Parodied in the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E7TheInitiative}} The Initiative]]", with possibly the only cat fight in the series, between [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Vampire]] [[DumbBlonde Harmony]] and [[NonActionGuy Xander]] -- at the time the only male member of the group (other than [[MentorArchetype Giles]]). The fight, in classic cat fight fashion, begins with a bitchslap and continues into shin kicking, name calling, and hair pulling. It finally ends in a stalemate and an agreement never to mention it to anyone.

** Lampshaded in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E9WhatsMyLinePart1}} What's My Line, Part 1]]" when Buffy and Kendra fight:

* The spy comedy ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' is notable for its DesignatedGirlFight, pitting the blonde, scantily clad Sarah against the many {{Dark Action Girl}} or the female VillainOfTheWeek. Sarah has fought in a variety of {{Fanservice}} costumes like a pseudo-Bavarian miniskirt with plunging neckline, a short satin robe with flesh colored underwear, revealing evening gowns, and a black catsuit. It's somewhat mitigated by the fact that some of these fights — especially the ones against Smooth Lau ("Chuck Versus the Best Friend"), Heather Chandler ("Chuck Versus the Cougars") and Sofia Stepanova ("[[Recap/ChuckS4E02ChuckVsTheSuitcase Chuck Vs The Suitcase]]) — end up ''incredibly'' brutal and avert BeautyIsNeverTarnished.

* ''Series/MadTV'' did it on a parody of NBC's remake of the ''Series/BionicWoman'' called "The Les-Bionic Woman" between Jane [Crista Flanagan] (as a [[ButchLesbian butch les-bionic woman]]) and Sarah [Nicole Parker] (as a [[LipstickLesbian lipstick les-bionic woman]]). Subverted when during the fight (which shows the two in many suggestive positions), Sarah tells Jane that the doctor who made her bionic was their enemy, and Jane grunts, "So why are we fighting each other?" and Sarah replies, "Fighting? I'm not fighting."

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* In [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=1384 this]] strip of ''WebComic/TreadingGround'' Arne has set up a kiddie pool full of gelatin desert believing that at some point during the day, some of the women at the party will voluntarily invoke this trope and have a jello cat fight, fourteen strips later he is proven right.

* ''Film/SoClose'' has a somewhat playful example between the LovelyAngels SiblingTeam protagonists. Lynn (Creator/ShuQi) is [[BathtubScene having a relaxing bubble bath]] that is {{interrupted|bath}} by her younger sister Sue (Creator/ZhaoWei) who brought a camera with her, planning to film Lynn naked for {{blackmail}} material. Lynn answers with a literal BathKick, kicking the camera out of Sue's hands and starts catfight over possession of the camera, with plenty of SheFu while Lynn wears only a ModestyTowel for most of it (although Sue manages to [[StrippingSnag snag it off]] for a brief ToplessnessFromTheBack shot).

* On ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Kim fights all her own battles, against male and female bad guys, as she's really the only combatant on her team. However, the only human opponent who ever even comes close to really landing a blow is the villainess Shego. The guys do ''[[WouldHitAGirl try]]'', but she's simply too good for them. These fights are generally played straight, but considering that one episode included the two ''mud wrestling'', it's safe to say that the powers that be are [[{{Fanservice}} aware of the appeal]]. One of {{the movie}}s had them in evening gowns-- slit up the side for ease of movement.

* ''Film/TheBestManHoliday'': The famous one between Candace "Candy" and Shelby.

** Referenced in the first ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', if Shepard romances both [[MildlyMilitary Ashley]] and [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Liara]]. A [[{{Troll}} Renegade]] response when they confront you over it is ''labelled'' "Catfight!" while the actual line is [[{{Troll}} "I love it when women fight over me"]], to which Ashley responds:
--->'''Ashley:''' [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Sorry, Commander, that fantasy's]] ''[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome not]]'' [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome gonna happen.]]

** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', there's at least two ''almost'' physical fights between Aveline and Isabela--one if you bring Isabela along for the Long Road quest, the other later on in the front room of the Hawke estate. Hawke breaks up both of them just in time. (And is especially hilarious about it if he/she is a smartass.) By saying "Are there any good seats left?", in one case.

* While the "Apartment Wrestling" circuit that cropped up in the 1950s ''did'' feature some legit amateur bouts, most of the matches were worked, as most pro wrestling was by that time, and "cat fights" were the best known, to the point Wiki/ThatOtherWiki uses "apartment wrestling" as a redirect to "cat fight". Incidentally, the phenomenon didn't ''start'' for the purpose of customer titillation but rather to cure the boredom of housewives who liked to imitate pro wrestlers they saw on television, similar to the even less respected phenomenon of BackyardWrestling. Then someone figured out they could make money selling pictures of theses "matches" and soon affluent fans were paying women to come to town for private apartment matches. The circuit's biggest "boom" period came in the 1970s when Wrestling/TheFabulousMoolah sold pictures of her students in apartment rooms for Bill Apter's magazines after Stanley Weston convinced Apter that SexSells.