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* ''WebComic/StrongFemaleProtagonist:''
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* Ironically, some [[Ecchi]]/[[Harem]]-series can count as one but only if the girls can superpowers.

** ''ComicBook/XMen'': Beginning with the famous run of Creator/ChrisClaremont from 1975 to 1991. His run saw [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] grow from TheChick to one of the most powerful beings in the entire Marvel Universe, Phoenix Force notwithstanding, and established [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]] firmly as the team leader. Even with his departure from the X-books, the franchise continues this tradition of portraying varied women -- often the most popular characters in the book(s) at any given time.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' uses FunnyAnimals as a media to discuss serious issues of prejudice in society, and how stereotypes harm and hold people back from their dreams. Judy Hopp is a cheerful and determined young Bunny, and refuses to give up on her dream of becoming a Police Officer even when told there's never [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything been a Rabbit Cop]]. She manages to achieve her dream of becoming the first Rabbit Police Officer, but is ignored and belittled by others as "dumb", "cute", or "not a real cop" and sent to work as a Meter Maid. She fights through all of this and teams up with Fox con-artist Nick to save Zootopia from a dangerous plot. The film consulted female police officers about the issues they encounter on the job, and the struggles of being seen as TheChick in a male-dominated profession.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' shows that feminist works can find a wide audience. While the franchise has always been aimed at girls, and creator Creator/LaurenFaust created the cast as a way to remove generic "niceness" from the characterization of girls and avoid the problems inherent in TheChick[[note]] (she described one of the major themes as being ''how many different ways there are to be a girl'')[[/note]], the show is written to be enjoyed equally [[ParentalBonus by parents]] and kids alike, and succeeds beautifully. It may be the only Western girls' cartoon that has inspired raiding threads on Website/FourChan.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': The main character is an openly {{bisexual}} teenage girl of Dominican descent taking a journey to be a great Witch and her teacher is a famous and powerful Witch named Eda Clawthorne, who is on the run from the tyrannical authoritarian government of the setting. Most of the main character's notable relationships are those with other women, most notably [[spoiler:[[LipstickLesbian Amity Blight]]]] who becomes one of her best friends [[spoiler: and [[ComingOfAgeQueerRomance later on]] [[OfficialCouple her]] ''[[InterspeciesRomance girlfriend]]'']].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': The main character is a teenage girl of Dominican descent taking a journey to be a great witch and her teacher is a famous and powerful witch. Most of the main character's notable relationships are those with other women. Most notably Amity Blight her best friend [[spoiler: and [[ComingOfAgeQueerRomance later on]] [[OfficialCouple her]] ''[[InterspeciesRomance girlfriend]]'']].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': The main character is a teenage girl of Dominican descent taking a journey to be a great witch and her teacher is a famous and powerful witch. Most of the main character's notable relationships are those with other women. Most notably Amity Blight her best friend [[spoiler: and [[InterspeciseRomance girlfriend]]]].

* ''WesternAnimation/HappillyEverAfter'': Snow White is out to save her prince and the dwarves have been replaced by dwarfelles. There's also an additional "empowerment" element for little girls watching the movie, as Thunderella, the youngest of the Dwarfelles, does finally manage to "get it right" regarding her powers and is primarily the one responsible for the villain's defeat.

* Ironically, ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' of all series counts. The Anarchy sisters are powerful figures who are in full control of their sexuality and embody a very crude form of WishFulfillment for girls. Plus for all the fanservice that takes place there's just as much sex humor that doesn't pander to the MaleGaze (or might even be FanDisservice to them). A good chunk of the show's jokes involves lampshading, subverting, or averting the gender {{Double Standard}}.

* ''Series/{{Cursed}}'' is a much more feminist take on the Myth/ArthurianLegend, told from the perspective of Nimue, Myth/TheLadyOfTheLake of the legend. She's presented as a young woman gifted in magic, who wields the Sword of Power to protect the Fey from the Red Paladins.

* Ironically, ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' of all series counts. The Anarchy sisters are powerful figures who are in full control of their sexuality and embody a very crude form of WishFulfillment for girls. Plus for all the fanservice that takes place there's just as much sex humor that doesn't pander to the MaleGaze (or might even be FanDisservice to them). SlapstickKnowsNoGender is in full force, and a good chunk of the show's jokes involve lampshading, subverting, or averting the gender {{Double Standard}}.

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' is a video game trilogy that acts as a SpiritualSuccessor of the video game, ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', and it stars three main female characters in the party. The main protagonist of the series, Shion Uzuki, is a computer scientist and programmer working for Vector Industries who wields the M.W.S. as her WeaponOfChoice and is a skilled martial artist. KOS-MOS is a SuperPrototype RobotGirl created by her to fight the Gnosis, and she has a lot of weapons at her disposal. MOMO is a 100-Series Realian prototype who is capable of feeling human emotions, and she gains a desire to be human. It also stars female antagonists such as Pelligri, Commander Margulis' second-in-command, and T-elos, an android girl designed to replace KOS-MOS and more emotional than the previous two.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': The main character is a teenage girl of Dominican descent taking a journey to be a great witch and her teacher is a famous and powerful witch. Most of the main character's notable relationships are those with other women. Most notably Amity Blight her best friend [[spoiler: and [[InterspeciseRomance girlfriend]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': The main character is a teenage girl of Dominican descent taking a journey to be a great witch and her teacher is a famous and powerful witch. Most of the main character's notable relationships are those with other women.

** ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'' is always highly intelligent, a skilled fighter, and very much an equal to the other members of the Batfamily no matter which heroine currently wears the mantle.

** ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' has always been portrayed as a powerful heroine, and often stands out from other female characters in having muscular build. Her CleavageWindow (easily her most marketed feature) is a point of contention, with people both in-and-out of universe asking exactly how seriously she, Kara, can be taken in such an outfit. How it's resolved is usually DependingOnTheWriter.
** ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' has had multiple incarnations, but is always one of the most powerful heroes around since she is the DistaffCounterpart to Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' is perhaps the ''original'' Feminist heroine; a super strong crime fighter ''amazon''. Creator William Moulton Marston even believed that within a century America would become a matriarchy (and that that was a good thing).
** ''ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}'' is a gifted magician who solves occult problems either on her own or with a team. She is noted to be brave, mature, and likable. She grew in popularity due to her solo comic series.

* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' stars a teenage girl going through a ComingOfAge story as she and the other female members of her family can magically turn into giant red pandas. The movie also focuses on her relationship with her mother and deep friendship with her three female best friends. The movie itself can be metaphorical of a girl having her first period, and the movie also brings up menstruation.

* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheMoon'' follows a young girl's desire and adventures to meet the moon goddess, Chang'e. Said young girl is a ScienceHero ChildProdigy who goes through a ComingOfAge story of learning to move on from her grief. Also, her relationship with her deceased mother is a central relationship in the film.

* ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'' is following in the footsteps of ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'', notable not just for its all-female team but also for being a major Hollywood Superhero film written, directed, and produced by women. The story revolves around newly-single ComicBook/HarleyQuinn teaming up with ComicBook/BlackCanary, [[Characters/BatmanHuntress Huntress]], and [[ComicBook/TheQuestion Renee Montoya]] to protect a teenage girl, [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Cassandra Cain]], from a crime lord. Marketing for the film has focused heavily on the strength and independence of its heroines, as well as the avoidance of exploitative MaleGaze or uncomfortable, fanservice-y costumes.

* ''Film/{{The Princess|2022}}'': The princess refuses to comply with feminine norms, secretly training herself to fight, and then rejects a marriage to which she didn't consent to. After this, she has to fight off her would-be husband who's taken over and won't accept "no" for an answer (which is putting it mildly). She's rewarded finally by [[spoiler:her father admitting she proved him wrong, accepting her as a warrior woman and making her his heir, while also saying in the future all princesses of the realm will be allowed to make these choices.]]

** ''Literature/InCryptid'' is a GenerationalSaga following the [[BadassFamily Price-Healy family]], which is full of {{Action Girl}}s going back to the 19th century. Out of the eleven books out so far, only two have been primarily narrated by a male character, and even in those, there's a well-written ActionGirl as the deuteragonist and LoveInterest.

* Creator/SeananMcGuire, already an author of many feminist fantasy works, has also released quite a few songs in this genre. For example, "Wicked Girls" from the album of the same name critiques the treatment of female characters in classic children's fantasy and fairy tales, like [[Literature/TheWizardOfOz Dorothy]], [[Literature/PeterPan Wendy]], and [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Susan]], and offers them an alternative.

** A consistent pattern in the show is that male authority figures always screw up in some way and will either recognize their faults and work alongside the heroines or double down and become villains. Ozpin freely admits that he has made "more mistakes than any man, woman or child" on Remnant, and is on the receiving end of several WhatTheHellHero from the girls. Taiyang was deeply depressed and absent for most of Ruby's childhood, leaving Yang to be PromotedToParent. Qrow is an alcoholic who only decides to go sober after Ruby chews him out for being useless. [[spoiler:Lionheart succumbs to his cowardice and becomes an agent of the (female) BigBad and Ironwood succumbs to paranoia and becomes a fascist dictator (who is opposed by a different, all-female team of heroes). Finally, the brother gods Light and Dark put the entire overarching conflict into motion by being petty and cruel]]. It usually falls to younger female characters to pick up the slack and fix the mistakes of their male predecessors.

* ''Videogame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'': By deliberate design, Miriam was chosen as the protagonist to capitalize on a demand and need for strong female videogame leads. In addition, this story is wholly ''about'' Miriam, rather than her simply being a passive character in someone else's story or merely being used as a ThirdPersonSeductress. Despite her main goal being tied to a major male character, [[spoiler:this is because ''he'' is the DistressedDude and Miriam is setting out to save him in fulfillment of a promise they made long ago (and even then, it's later revealed that he was just bait and Miriam was the true target all along). The other male characters either act in a supporting role or wind up putting all their hopes in Miriam after their own plans go awry. In addition, the two true villains behind the plot are both women; the TrueFinalBoss they both seek to revive is gendered male, but is more of a demonic force than an actual person, and can only be defeated if you focus fire at the villainess who has fused with him in the fight]].
* ''Videogame/ChildOfLight'', a RolePlayingGame with platforming elements. It stars Aurora, the strong-willed daughter of an Austrian Duke that awakens in the mystical land of Lemuria. The kingdom has fallen into darkness, after the Queen of Night stole the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars. To return home, Aurora and her companions must rescue the lights and restore peace to the kingdom. In addition, the main antagonist and her CoDragons are all female.

* ''WebComic/MagickChicks'' is an ongoing UrbanFantasy which is set at an OneGenderSchool for [[DemonSlaying monster hunters in training]].
** The series is actually a SpinOff for the Hellrune Coven, [[BlondeBrunetteRedhead a witch trio]] who were expelled from [[WebComic/EerieCuties Charybdis Heights]] and transferred to Artemis Academy. Melissa is the Coven's leader and is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: half witch/half MagicalGirl]].

* The ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' series fits under this mold well. While characters of either gender can be played, the main ones used in promotions and marketing are female, and they've all got a lot of sass to go with their firepower. Each game is also hosted by "idol" characters and their relationships with each other get highlighted quite a bit: from bright and peppy Callie bouncing off her cool and sardonic cousin Marie to everlasting bond between the kind-hearted yet foulmouth Pearl and the shy and tech-savvy Marina. [[spoiler:They also help your player character in the single-player campaigns, with a lot of your progress not being possible without their skills.]] Fashion plays heavily into game mechanics as well, with styles from all over the gender spectrum available to mix and match to your liking. The few male characters in the story are typically support (Cap'n Cuttlefish, Sheldon), unimportant (Judd and Lil' Judd), or actively antagonistic (DJ Octavio, [[spoiler:Commander Tartar]]), but in spirit of the trope, the girls are on equal footing with them, give or take the Judds.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is a typical Shonen manga with a main male character but the female characters all have important roles that aren't subjugated to being a love interest. While many of them are attractive, none of them are overtly sexualized to an absurd level.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' does have a male protagonist, but over half of the major players in the story are female, with 2 out of 3 of the main EVA pilots being so. Rei's character arc is a harsh {{Deconstruction}} of the misogynist YamatoNadeshiko trope that ends with her [[spoiler: forsaking the man that attempted to use her as a doll and control her for so many years in favor of aligning with the plans of her [[CloningBlues (sort of)]] mother]], much of the story is dedicated to breaking down and criticizing Gendo and Shinji's misogynistic mindset, and the ultimate victor of the series is [[spoiler: Shinji's [[BadassBookworm genius mother Yui]], who is revealed to have been inhabiting the EVA Unit-01 the entire time.]]

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' does have a male protagonist, but over half of the major players in the story are female, with 2 out of 3 of the main EVA pilots being so. Rei's character arc is a harsh {{Deconstruction}} of the misogynist YamatoNadeshiko that ends with her [[spoiler: forsaking the man that attempted to use her as a doll and control her for so many years in favor of aligning with the plans of her [[CloningBlues (sort of)]] mother]], much of the story is dedicated to breaking down and criticizing Gendo and Shinji's misogynistic mindset, and the ultimate victor of the series is [[spoiler: Shinji's [[BadassBookworm genius mother Yui]], who is revealed to have been inhabiting the EVA Unit-01 the entire time.]]

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' does have a male protagonist, but over half of the major players in the story are female, with 2 out of 3 of the main EVA pilots being so. Rei's character arc is a harsh {{Deconstruction}} of the misogynist YamatoNadeshiko that ends with her {{spoiler: forsaking the man that attempted to use her as a doll and control her for so many years in favor of aligning with the plans of her [[CloningBlues sort of]] mother]], much of the story is dedicated to breaking down and criticizing Gendo and Shinji's misogynistic mindset, and the ultimate victor of the series is [[spoiler: Shinji's [[BadassBookworm genius mother Yui]], who is revealed to have been inhabiting the EVA Unit-01 the entire time.]]

* ''Videogame/ChildOfLight'', a RolePlayingGame with platforming elements. It stars Aurora, the strong-willed daughter of an Austrian Duke that awakens in the mystical land of Lemuria. The kingdom has fallen into darkness, after the Queen of Night stole the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars. To return home, Aurora and her companions must rescue the lights and restore peace to the kingdom.