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*** Her name is Kate Botello. This poster vividly remembers her name because, to him, she was the first female video game show presenter who actually knew what she was talking about. And genuinely enjoyed her job.

* Konata from ''LuckyStar''. Kagami too, to a lesser extent.

* [[TheOjou Sanzenin Nagi]], from ''HayateTheCombatButler'', is very much this on top of being a {{loli}} {{Tsundere}} and pretty much a {{Hikikomori}} - basically, every waking moment she's not either harassing or fawning over Hayate or trying to draw a manga, she's playing a variety of {{RPG}}s, racing games or fighting games, and is generally uninterested on more "feminine" stuff. She doesn't seem to have as much skill as is the norm for this trope, though.
* Genkai from ''YuYuHakusho''. Yes, the OldMaster of Yusuke. She has a lot of free time after all.
* Mafuyu in ''SeitokaiNoIchizon''. Apparently writing game walkthroughs is her mission in life or something.
* Yukari from ''AiKora'' is revealed to be one of these.
* Kotori, Kanna's friend from ''KoeDeOshigoto'' is one of these, but doesn't play eroge so she didn't know that Kanna got into voice acting.
* Yamamoto Yohko from StarshipGirlYamamotoYohko.
* All girls in ArcadeGamerFubuki.
* In MahouSenseiNegima, turns out that Evangeline enjoys playing video games...[[FetishFuel while naked.]] Or, at least, she did back in TheEighties.

--->'''[[spoiler:Poyo]]''' (completely [[{{Unfunny}} deadpan]]): I have a rather high status among [[spoiler:demonfolk]]. Yes, high enough to be "final boss material".
* The {{Hentai}}-doujin ''EXCITE!'' is about a guy who finds out the popular, quiet girl in his school is a gamer chick.

* Sara from ''KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'' is an example of this trope within tabletop gaming.

* Appears as early as 1989 in ''Film/TheWizard''. A bratty tween tomboy (played by Jenny Lewis, who's now the frontwoman of the indie band RiloKiley) joins Fred Savage and Withdrawn Kid for their trek to California.
* In ''TheGamers'' 2, the female newbie on her first session comes up with a feat combo that allows her a crit range of 13-20 with a spear and lets her take an extra attack every time she does. That means 40% of the time, she gets to deal double her normal damage and take an extra attack. Meanwhile, the men in the group are all depicted as powergaming assholes, but for some reason, [[FridgeLogic despite being veteran DND players and played through this campaign twice before, never thought of this combo.]]

* Rachel, Atomic Lad's girlfriend from Brian Clevinger's novel ''NuklearAge'', is also a notable example. Mildly subverts the normal gamer chick template in that she is portrayed as being very attractive and feminine, with a wide variety of creative interests and quirky mannerisms. In short, the perfect woman for about 90% of the book's target audience. [[spoiler:Which makes [[MoralEventHorizon what happens to her]] all the more [[PlayerPunch gut-wrenching to witness]].]]

* The infamous WallBanger filled ''[[CSIMiami CSI:Miami]]'' episode "Urban Hellraisers" (which revolved around a group of gamers going around recreating crimes from the titular GTA-esque game) had this as its final "twist": that the best gamer (and most brutal killer) was a woman and that she did this both to get attention (!) from the male gamers as well as prove she was "better" than any man. Not only is this mind-bogglingly stupid, but the show then flashbacks to the bank robbery from the beginning showing the woman's voice giving the orders during said robbery despite the fact that when the events ''actually took place'', it was clearly a ''man'' speaking. [[ViewersAreGoldfish I guess we were supposed to forget that small tidbit?]]

* Penny in ''TheBigBangTheory'' isn't a gamer chick, but the first time she picks up an XBox controller for the guys' ''Halo'' night, she manages to outclass all of them on her first try. And yes, the guys are 30-year-old geeks who play ''Halo'' religiously.
** Considering Penny's more rounded characterization, this is surely less PositiveDiscrimination and more RuleOfFunny.
*** "Look! It's raining ''you''!"
* Andi from ''{{Kyle XY}}'' started out as a tough-talking tomboy who Josh first encountered in a Halo-like game. However, her love of video games was barely ever mentioned after her debut episode.
* In the TV series ''{{Dollhouse}}'' Topher once imprinted Sierra as one of these as part of [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow a "diagnostic"]]. She beat him at a Quasar-style game.
* While it may not involve video games, one episode of ''{{Martin}}'' has the title character so badly hustled by a female pool player that he goes home in his underwear.
* In the 'Fashion Week' episode of {{Wizards of Waverly Place}}, a group of fashion models turn out to be gamers, and play the fictional Dungeons and Gargoyles with Justin and Zeke.

* Eileen Jacobson in ''FoxTrot'' becomes one of these in order to facilitate some plots, but never seems to retain it otherwise.
** There were a few instances where Paige, oddly enough, gave off this vibe. In one strip she complains to Roger that Jason is playing an extremely violent game, [[PrimalRage Primal]] [[KillerInstinct Instinct]]. Roger first thinks she wants him to tell Jason he's too young for it, but instead Paige demands that he tell Jason to let her play too.

* Yuuko Asahina from the DatingSim ''TokimekiMemorial'' is implied to be one. A more straight example is Yumi Saotome.
* In the sequel fandisc to ''{{Tsukihime}}'', ''Kagetsu Tohya'', in an optional scene, it is revealed that [[StepfordSmiler Kohaku]] is an avid gamer and capable of kicking Shiki's butt in every genre they play.
* Thanks to a liberal application of PostModernMagik and SchizoTech, ''TouhouProject'' has a few odd mismatches. "Traditional Reporter" Aya Shyamemaru uses an old-style camera like one you would expect out of the 1950s, as she presumably salvaged it from the "normal world". Her new rival, Hatate, however, is a tech junkie who uses a cell phone camera, Google websearches for stories, and spends most of her time at her computer whenever she isn't trying to out-report Aya.

* Marcy in ''{{PvP}}'' is a pretty cookie-cutter example. The same webcomic averts this trope with Jade, who both acts like a normal woman and isn't portrayed as being any more skilled at {{MMORPG}}s (which, interestingly enough, actually is one of the most popular genres amongst women) than an average person.
* Aeris in ''VGCats'', although at least she has some {{fangirl}} traits to balance this out. The comic also parodied this character type in one strip.
* Lilah in ''CtrlAltDel'' fits this perfectly. The more stereotypically extreme traits have been softened over time, at least, but she's still a tomboy (her father even mentions this in the polite way), still highly confrontational, and still self-aware of being female on the tournament level. She even regularly defeats Ethan at several games.
* Parodied in ''{{Slackerz}}'', as they make a strip parodying gamer comics with one girl that's constantly complaining that the fact that she's a gamer does not make solid grounds for a relationship with a horribly incompetent male gamer.
* Even though ''PennyArcade'' avoided this trope for years, they still played with it in the form of Annarchy (who is partially based on a real person). Even her introduction is memorable ([[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/01/31/ "No, on the Famicom. In the original Japanese."]]).
** Gabe's wife Kara, however, only fits the trope in comparison to Tycho's wife Brenna.
* Miho from ''{{Megatokyo}}'' has some elements of this (amongst a ton of others), but she plays male characters and her staggering gaming prowess is due much in part to lying, cheating, backstabbing her party members, and [[MundaneUtility misuse of her powers and knowledge to this effect]].
* Ki from ''GeneralProtectionFault''.
* [=PeeJee=] in ''SomethingPositive'' with tabletop gaming. The Redneck Trees were '''her''' idea.
** Note that [=PeeJee=] is not a better gamer, although she is the GM more often then anyone else.
* In the ''NoNeedForBushido'' [[http://www.noneedforbushido.com/nnpg/index.php?strip_id=3 bonus strips]] which [[{{Mundanization}} bring the characters into the modern day]], RebelliousPrincess Ino becomes one of these.
* Alix from ''[[StealthParody Powerup Comics]]''.
* Parodied in ''{{Narbonic}}'' when Dave's tabletop gaming buddies treat him differently after his GenderBender.

* Erin, from the ''[[MagicTheGathering Magic: The Gathering]]'' webcomic ''UGMadness'', fits the mold, and has a strong urge to prove herself as a result.
* Gwynn from ''SluggyFreelance'' has moments like this. It's not a major aspect, but there have been a couple sub-plots concerning her hogging the video game consoles and (along with Torg and Riff) becoming addicted to Fashion Rancher, a simulation game about being a supermodel's manager.
** Zoe also, though she took the piss during the beginning of Years of Yarncraft, she rebounded into an avid player.
* Lita from ''{{Cheer}}'' differs from the stereotype in that she's a highly competitive D&D fanatic ''cheerleader'' who actually glories in being a girl because it allows her to use her "feminine wiles" to [[http://www.cheercomic.com/?date=2008-03-14 manipulate her]] [[http://www.cheercomic.com/?date=2008-03-18 fellow gamers]].
* Katie Tiedrich, the author of ''AwkwardZombie'', who occasionally appears in-comic via AuthorAvatar.
* Jodie from ''{{Loserz}}''.
* {{Enjuhneer}} has a plethora of [[GamerChick Gamer Chick]]s running around.
* Amy from ''Loaded Dice'' is an [[http://www.rdinn.com/comic.php?comicid=52 excellent example]] of a tabletop RPG gamer chick.
* Eddy, of ''GenderSwapped'' sort of plays with this trope a little bit. Formally a girl, 'she' is the best gamer in the comic. Another good example would be Morgan. A video game tournament in book 2 showcased a number of other gamer girls, the number of which, actually exceeded the males

* [[CreepyChild Gaz]] [[StrangeGirl from]] ''{{Invader Zim}}''. Getting between her and her games is her BerserkButton.
* Sam(antha) in ''DannyPhantom''. An unfortunate case of this trope being played straight despite airing as recent as 2004, what with the two male leads uncharacteristically assuming Sam isn't a savvy gamer until she proved otherwise.
* Maxine (Max) Gibson, in ''Batman Beyond''. She's featured in a lot of the videogame based eps and in one ep she gains a StalkerWithACrush when she beats him at a an action/adventure game.

* Tinkerballa from ''TheGuild''. Although she's slightly more feminine, she's even more confrontational. And there are two other, non-stereotypical females to balance it out.

* Anastasia from ''PurePwnage'' is a ''WorldofWarcraft'' player who at the start of the series is a fairly casual gamer but becomes increasingly more and more of a [[strike:harcore gamer]] hopeless social-networking-site-with-graphics addict as the show progresses.
* Averted in ''{{Homestuck}}'', as Rose is both noticably feminine and a casual gamer at most. She also isn't terribly skilled at playing Sburb and ends up making a mess of John's house before [[ItGotWorse things go wrong.]] By a similar token, Jade typically doesn't even play video games and only manages to get her hands on a copy of Sburb for the sake of helping her friends.
* Becca in the ''TheOnlineGamer'' definitely counts.She got into an irl FlameWar at dinner and used a mixture of NightmareFuel and CallOfDuty terminology to insult her boyfriend. see it here at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioqxZitukVc&feature=channel]]

** Once segment of VH1's ''I Love The 70s'' discussed the introduction of Pong, and how some women proved to be so good at it that they'd scam unsuspecting men in bars, betting hard cash that they could beat the guys at this Ur-arcade game.

* Mila Kunis (Jackie from ''[[That70sShow That '70s Show]]'') is a former ''WorldOfWarcraft'' player. In one interview, she claims to be a completely different person when she plays.

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* Eileen in ''FoxTrot'' becomes one of these in order to facilitate some plots, but never seems to retain it otherwise.

* In ''TheGamers'' 2, the female newbie on her first session comes up with a feat combo that allows her a crit range of 13-20 with a spear and lets her take an extra attack every time she does. That means 40% of the time, she gets to deal 3 times her normal damage and take an extra attack. Meanwhile, the men in the group are all depicted as powergaming assholes, but for some reason, despite being veteran DND players and played through this campaign twice before, never thought of this combo.

* Maxine (Max) Gibson, in ''Batman Beyond''. She's featured in alot of the videogame based eps and in one ep she gains a StalkerWithACrush when she beats him at a an action/adventure game.

* Lita from ''{{Cheer}}'' differs from the stereotype in that she's a highly competitive [[DnD D&D]] fanatic ''cheerleader'' who actually glories in being a girl because it allows her to use her "feminine wiles" to [[http://www.cheercomic.com/?date=2008-03-14 manipulate her]] [[http://www.cheercomic.com/?date=2008-03-18 fellow gamers]].

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* Ultimate example is basically to check out the Troper Tales.

** It got really bad at the late 90's when female gamers began "invading" the hardcore gaming scene, particularly the {{Quake}} online multiplayer community. Reactions from detrator male gamers ranged from shrugging off, accusations of being {{GIRL}}s, or even outright harrassment. A notorious example of a victim of the latter was [[http://www.salon.com/technology/feature/1998/06/08/feature Hellkitten]], who also happened to be a model in real life. Once she made her presence known by posting her own pictures on her website, attacks came in, ranging from defacing her website, spam mails, and being sent scare pictures, such as those of her face spliced to nude females, but the worst was a [[NightmareFuel picture of a mutilated dog]] (which absolutely frightened her because she was an [[FriendToAllLivingThings animal lover]]).

** It got really bad at the late 90's when female gamers began "invading" the hardcore gaming scene, particularly the {{Quake}} online multiplayer community. Reactions from detrator male gamers ranged from shrugging off, accusations of being {{GIRL}}s, or even outright harrassment. A notorious example of a victim of the latter was [[http://www.salon.com/technology/feature/1998/06/08/feature Hellkitten]], who also happened to be a model in real life. Once she made her presence known by posting her own pictures on her website, attacks came in, ranging from defacing her website, spam mails, and being sent scare pictures, such as those of her face spliced to nude females, but the worst was a picture of a mutilated dog (which absolutely frightened her because she was an [[FriendToAllLivingThings animal lover]]).

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[[caption-width:300:So you're a Gamer Chick. Big whoop, want to fight about it?]]

* Adult film starlet and top Unreal Tournament amateur player Tia "Asia" Carrera.

This has started to become a DiscreditedTrope as of recently. With recent trends showing that women are playing video games almost as much as men (Though they are less dedicated about it if this [[http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2780 poll]] at {{GameFAQs}} is to be believed), it has become almost offensive to portray female gamers in this fashion. It doesn't help that this trope often tends to evoke [[StrawFeminist Straw Feminism]] both in the character's actions and the implications of their presence. As such, most modern fiction won't play this trope completely straight any more. This carries over to online fora, where real-life girl gamers attempting to attract attention by referring to their gender is generally met with a disinterested eye-roll.

* Rachel, Atomic Lad's girlfriend from Brian Clevinger's novel ''NuklearAge'', is also a notable example. Mildly subverts the normal gamer chick template in that she is portrayed as being very attractive and feminine, with a wide variety of creative interests and quirky mannerisms. In short, the perfect woman for about 90% of the book's target audience. Which makes [[MoralEventHorizon what happens to her]] all the more [[PlayerPunch gut-wrenching to witness]].

* Kotori, Kanna's [[{{Lolicon}} loli]]-friend from ''KoeDeOshigoto'' is one of these, but doesn't play eroge so she doesn't know that Kanna got into voice acting.

** [[MemeticMutation Morgan's not a gamer?.]]