History Main / WouldHitAGirl

--> For a moment, it didn't set in. For a moment, Mirage told himself hitting women was wrong. But then his jaw set and he cracked his neck.

A male character who rejects the values of [[WouldntHitAGirl so-called chivalry]] and treats his male and female opponents equally.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' fanfic ''Fanfic/DeadManSwitch'', after the Lorwardians beheaded Kim, they threaten Earth to send 15 teenage girls to their homeworld every year to be beheaded as well, as a "tribute" to them. Near the end, after beheading the latest batch, the Lorwardians consider adding more girls next time.
* ''Manga/Evangelion303'': Touji would do. He does not mind fighting with a woman, and he started a fistfight with Asuka in chapter 17.

* ''FanFic/TheMemoirsOfElliottWitt'': While Mirage normally averts this trope, he punches Rampart in "I'm Probably The Best Legend." {{Lampshaded}} right before the fighting starts.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' fic ''Fanfic/TurningRedSecretsOfThePanda'', considering the giant red pandas Jason Vaugn tries to hunt are all women, this is a given. He also has no qualms about going after Mei's female friends.

** ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'': Ranma Saotome notes he doesn't ''like'' to fight girls under normal circumstances, but this doesn't stop him from beating a girl like a drum if the circumstances warrant it. And if he'd rather not fight a female opponent, well, good thing he has four {{Violently Protective Girlfriend}}s, isn't it?

* The Love Song "''Say it with a Slap''," in the "Bongo" segment of Disney's ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree''. A Justified Trope that surprisingly goes both ways because according to the film, when male and female bears slap the crap out of each other, it's their way of saying "I Love You."
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', during Hercules' battle with the Hydra, the young hero struck the serpent's head with his sword. Though not clarified in the film, the Hydra is referred to as female according to the junior novelization.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney'' Frollo's soldiers have no problem attempting to subdue Esmerelda by force.
* Mr. Incredible from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' grabs Mirage and threatened to crush her to death if Syndrome doesn't release him. Later on upon hitting his DespairEventHorizon when he gets informed that his family was killed, he promptly grabs an approaching Mirage upon being freed and nearly strangles her to death in rage over what happened to his wife and children.

If he's evil, it could be done in a multitude of ways. On the best end of the scale, it could just be EqualOpportunityEvil, like fighting ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} because she's a threat, and makes her look stronger when she beats him. More unpleasantly, it shows a DirtyCoward, [[WomenAreDelicate attacking those weaker than him]], and/or he's a bully who likes to make people afraid of him, or at the worst end of the scale, [[StrawMisogynist he's a sick monster who gets his kicks from hurting women]]. Ultimately, for it to be played as a villainous deed, it is necessary that the woman in question is not a threat to start with.

* A terrorist once said to ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, "Patriotic fool -- you would not hit a lady!" He decked her while saying, "Lady, you're no lady!"

* ComicBook/ThePunisher does not take gender into account when putting people on his list, whether his main incarnation or his ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'' incarnation.

** ComicBook/SpiderGirl's enemies don't pull their punches when they fight her. If they did, she'd probably be insulted.

** ComicBook/{{Venom}}'s first confrontation with the ComicBook/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}} was, to many, his EstablishingCharacterMoment as a villain; the brief fight ended with him slamming poor Felicia's face into a wall, breaking it and her nose in a blow that all of fandom must have felt; he didn't hesitate to remind her of that later, during the ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' storyline. Future stories show he really doesn't care ''what'' gender an enemy is, gleefully slugging Shriek, ComicBook/GhostRider's foe Hag, and any female symbiotes that he encounters. (Of course, most of those characters had it coming.)

** Lex Luthor (claims he) dislikes hitting women but he is not above it. In ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'' story arc ''ComicBook/GirlPower'', Luthor goes on about hating to hit women as he's laying a [[https://i.imgur.com/6ziPjcR.jpg beat-down]] on ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}:

--->''"She started grabbing all over me\\

** ''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} VS [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Billy Batson]]'' has Billy Batson attempt to punch Carol Danvers. Though to be fair to Billy Batson, she does falsely accuse him of robbing a broken ATM and attempted to arrest him for the supposed theft when in actuality, he was trying to fix his mistake, making it fair game. [[spoiler:In the end, he succeeds and his [[MegatonPunch punch]] completely blew both her and the meteorite she was punted onto completely.]]

* ''Franchise/{{Daredevil}}'': Elektra's infamous death at the hands of Bullseye in [[https://comicbookcritic.net/classic-page-daredevil-181-by-frank-miller-klaus-janson/ Daredevil #181]] plays into this trope, as Bullseye initially underestimates her and regrets it almost immediately when she kicks his ass in a fair fight. This prompts him to take the gloves off, kicking her in the face twice and - when she briefly regains the upper hand - punching her across the face with a closed fist, incapacitating her and giving him the opportunity to fatally strike and then impale her with her own sai sword. The autopsy in the book later implies that Bullseye broke her jaw in the fight.

* ''Franchise/{{Daredevil}}'': Elektra's infamous death at the hands of Bullseye in [[https://hotcore.info/act/kareff-121579.html Daredevil #181]] plays into this trope, as Bullseye initially underestimates her and regrets it almost immediately when she kicks his ass in a fair fight. This prompts him to take the gloves off, kicking her in the face twice and - when she briefly regains the upper hand - punching her across the face with a closed fist, incapacitating her and giving him the opportunity to fatally strike and then impale her with her own sai sword. The autopsy in the book later implies that Bullseye broke her jaw in the fight.

* ''Franchise/{{Daredevil}}'': Elektra's infamous death at the hands of Bullseye in [[https://hotcore.info/act/kareff-121579.html Daredevil #181]] plays into this trope, as Bullseye initially underestimates her and regrets it almost immediately when she kicks his ass in a fair fight. This prompts him to take the gloves off, kicking her in the face twice and - when she briefly regains the upper hand - punching her across the face with a closed fist, incapacitating her and giving him the opportunity to fatally strike and then impale her with her own sai. The autopsy in the book later implies that Bullseye broke her jaw in the fight.

** Played with. Shan Yu initially believes Mulan is a man but still tries to kill her after it's revealed that a woman destroyed most of his army.

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** [[spoiler: Abyset viciously attacks Rhea (who was protecting the children of Miranda Sinclair's family), cutting part of her ear off, slamming her into the ground, and [[GreviousHarmWithABody tossing her directly at Buwaro.]] Earlier, he was willing to kill Miranda herself, but [[DirtyCoward he chickened out of that skirmish when she proved to be too much of a challenge for him.]]]]

The opposite trope is, of course, WouldntHitAGirl. When hitting girls is PlayedForLaughs it can be a case of {{slapstick}}. Obviously not present when a ''woman'' hits a woman. If the circumstance is designed so that women are ''only'' hit by other women than it is a DesignatedGirlFight.

Since this trope is about defying social expectations, it only counts if the work mentions the expectation that men should not hit women-- even if just to defy it.

* ''Fanfic/DanganronpaLastHurrah''
** Samuru Yagyuu, the Ultimate Executioner, is guilty of this, having admitted to executing men and women. He kicks Reyes out of the way when she tries to stop him from executing [[spoiler:Kayle, the first culprit, before Monokuma can do the same]](said individual is a girl). He also gets into a rather intense fight with [[spoiler:the aforementioned Reyes]] after she is outed as Sparkling Justice, resulting in him trying to kill her with his axe. One of the women he supposedly executed in the past happens to be [[spoiler:Umeko's mother]]. [[spoiler:In the fifth chapter, he fatally poisons Eri]].
** Ichimako "Mako" Watadzumi, a nonbinary individual who was born male, attacks [[spoiler:Manon]] after she [[spoiler:is convicted for killing Reyes and Jitsunori]], headbutting her, punching her and trying to strangle her. [[spoiler:He's also apparently an accomplice to Samuru's execution of Umeko's mother, and fed Mrs. Midori's body to sharks]].

* In the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fic ''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'', Mal shows he is perfectly willing to punch River in the face when she goes berserk and starts shooting up the scenery.
* In the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7636270/1/bGeoffrey_b_bHunter_b_and_the_Secret_Society Geoffrey Hunter and the Secret Society]]'' the main character [[spoiler:breaks at least one rib in a witch who tries to kill him]].

* In ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers'', Captain Seacliff hitting nineteen-year-old junior officer Zulimar was the final straw before his firing.
* ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'':
** [[spoiler:Prince Jewelius]] injures [[spoiler:his cousin]] Princess Cadance by blasting her in the chest, smacks [[spoiler:his fiancée/pawn]] Twilight Sparkle in the face for pushing his BerserkButton, and [[ThwartedCoupDeGrace comes close to decapitating]] [[spoiler:his bound aunt]] Princess Celestia with a sword. All of this without a shred of remorse.
** Shining Armor has no trouble trying to exchange hoofs with his brutal rival [[DarkActionGirl Commander Hildread]].
* ''Fanfic/MaFille'': Tyler's EstablishingCharacterMoment is punching Katrina.
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/~mrevil Mr. Evil's]] OriginalCharacter Fredi Heat. Be it a man, woman, [[WouldHurtAChild child]], [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman pretty much anything]]. Get in his way, you will be brutally slaughtered. [[AntiHero Our hero everybody]].
** [[BerserkButton Don't call him a hero]].

* In the very first pages of ''{{Fanfic/Uplifted}}'' SS officer Joachim Hoch's first act is to beat the ever loving life out of quarian Captain Hanala'Jarva. To be fair [[spoiler: she 'does' stab him]] No matter how close the two of them get, he doesn't mind smacking her around, and she isn't afraid to reciprocate the abuse.
** Later in the series, Hoch literally throws a young Ukrainian woman out of his car and carjacks an Italian woman, and threatens to smack a Rabbi's wife...
* Ashton from ''FanFic/NewWorld'' is a borderline psychopath who thinks he has the right to treat people under his station like tools for his pleasure and has no problem with savagely attacking Maddie when she rejects his advances.
* ''Fanfic/TheNightmareHouse'' has violence happen to several of [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse the Loud sisters]] in their nightmares:
** Leni gets tied up by spiders, who also want to eat her.
** Lana gets numbed and brainwashed.
** Lisa gets spanked.
** Lily almost gets eaten.
* TD of ''FanFic/TheNonBronyverse'' has no problems with hitting Celestia, though this does come right after she inadvertently traps him in Equestria. He does it a few more times throughout the various stories, but is well aware that as a PhysicalGod he can't harm her in the slightest.
* In ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, none of the heroes have any qualms about hitting Jackie Jakobs, since she's trying to capture them ([[TheBadGuyWins she succeeds]]). Nobody hesitates or holds back against Samantha Shepard, and the [[ExpendableClone Athena clones]] die by the shipfull.
* ''Fanfic/PeekingThroughTheFourthWall'' once did [[https://theloudhouse.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:MrTyeDye/Fanfiction:_Peeking_Through_the_Fourth_Wall_(Episode_7) a fic]] where an OOC Lincoln remorselessly punched Lola in the face, just because she read his secrets at the show and tell.

* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness'': Despite being a WifeBasherBasher, Dark Kuyumaya doesn't pull his punches when fighting women, and his solution to getting Felucia Sonsta to shut up is by [[BoomHeadshot blasting her head off]] with [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter a shotgun]] (though Felucia can [[GoodThingYouCanHeal regenerate]]).
* In ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', Cross has no qualms about giving Vivi a conk on the head if she gets too generous with the {{Groin Attack}}s.
* ''Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil'': Uncle gives Valerie his trademark [[DopeSlap two-finger hit]] a few times, such as when she finally tells the rest of the Chan Clan about [[YinYangBomb her Other-connection]] with Shendu. And then there's Hak Foo [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown brutalizing]] Valerie...
* ''FanFic/UltimateSleepwalker'': Sleepwalker has a few female enemies, and he has no compunctions about giving them the exact same treatment he does to his male enemies.
* ''Fanfic/UltimateSpiderWoman'': Spider-Woman's enemies don't have any problem going after her with everything they've got, up to and including laying into her with {{No Holds Barred Beatdown}}s if they win.

* In the sequel, ''Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesOnVacation''
** Two murders involve a guy attacking a girl. In one, a guy kills a girl by bashing her on the head, while in another, a guy tries to stab a girl with a knife before being killed by a third party.
** In Chapter V, Asakura(a boy) and Nagato(a girl), two students who had always hated each other, get into a fistfight after Asakura [[spoiler:insults Nagato's dead best friend Azuki]]. Nagato throws the first punch, but Asakura has no qualms against fighting back.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10895506/15/Thunder-in-Kanto Thunder in Kanto]]'' Napalm have absolutely no qualm about beating up girls in Celadon Gym. And it's not like it's holding back either - he's not above kicking lying girl in the back, or pulling already knocked down Erika up by hair.
* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Pretty much everybody Haara meets is perfectly happy to try and kill her, and she's thrown the first punch against multiple women in her travels. This is all in line with the dark fantasy setting she inhabits.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', [[BigBad Rourke]] and [[TheDragon Helga]] get into a fight on top of the zeppelin. Helga throws the first blows but Rourke knocks her down.
* ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'': Hopper planned to squish Atta's mother, the queen.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': Mor'du has no problem attacking Elinor or Merida.
* Ernesto from ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' slaps Imelda away when she tries to stop him from [[WouldHurtAChild throwing Miguel to his death]].
* [[spoiler:Prince Hans]] from ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' has no compunctions in leaving [[spoiler:a weakened Anna to die through being frozen solid and later on, he is fully willing to slash Elsa in half just so he can make himself look good in front of everyone in Arendelle by killing her and ending the winter]]. Erik and Francis from Weselton are the same, neither one showing any moral problem with trying to assassinate Elsa.

If he's evil, it could be done in a multitude of ways. On the best end of the scale it could just be EqualOpportunityEvil, like fighting Characters/{{Batgirl}} because she's a threat, and makes her look stronger when she beats him. More unpleasantly, it shows a DirtyCoward, [[WomenAreDelicate attacking those weaker than him]], and/or he's a bully who likes to make people afraid of him, or at the worst end of the scale, [[StrawMisogynist he's a sick monster who gets his kicks from hurting women]]. Ultimately, for it to be played as a villainous deed, it is necessary that the woman in question is not a threat to start with.

** [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] found this out the hard way against Batman. Knowing that he was [[TheFettered reluctant to strike her]], Ivy dealt Batman a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown until she had him pinned to the ground. She then urged him to kiss her -- which, this being Poison Ivy we're talking about, [[KissOfDeath would be immediately fatal]] -- and taunted that there was no use resisting, because "I know you don't want to hit a woman." Batman confessed that, yes, that was true -- but [[DirtyBusiness it wasn't going to stop him]], and so he knocked Ivy unconscious with a single head-butt.

* A terrorist once said to [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Captain America]], "Patriotic fool -- you would not hit a lady!" He decked her while saying, "Lady, you're no lady!"

* Characters/{{The Punisher|FrankCastle}} does not take gender into account when putting people on his list, whether his main incarnation or his ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX incarnation.

** ComicBook/{{Venom}}'s first confrontation with the Characters/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}} was, to many, his EstablishingCharacterMoment as a villain; the brief fight ended with him slamming poor Felicia's face into a wall, breaking it and her nose in a blow that all of fandom must have felt; he didn't hesitate to remind her of that later, during the ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' storyline. Future stories show he really doesn't care ''what'' gender an enemy is, gleefully slugging Shriek, ComicBook/GhostRider's foe Hag, and any female symbiotes that he encounters. (Of course, most of those characters had it coming.)

--->'''Faora Hu-Ul:''' "My, my, I'm surprised at you, Superman... I always thought you were a gentleman! After all, just because I'm from Krypton and invulnerable like you— that's still no excuse to hit a woman!"
** [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] -claims he- dislikes hitting women but he is not above it. In ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'' story arc ''ComicBook/GirlPower'', Luthor goes on about hating to hit women as he's laying a [[https://i.imgur.com/6ziPjcR.jpg beat-down]] on Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}}:

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* ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'': [[Characters/ABugsLife Hopper]] planned to squish Atta's mother, the queen.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': [[Characters/{{Brave}} Mor'du]] has no problem attacking Elinor or Merida.

* [[spoiler:Prince Hans]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' has no compunctions in leaving [[spoiler:a weakened Anna to die through being frozen solid and later on, he is fully willing to slash Elsa in half just so he can make himself look good in front of everyone in Arendelle by killing her and ending the winter]]. [[Characters/FrozenWeselton Erik and Francis]] from Weselton are the same, neither one showing any moral problem with trying to assassinate Elsa.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'': The [[Characters/{{Hoodwinked}} Goody Bandit]] [[spoiler:Boingo]], who delivers a brutal CurbStompBattle to Red.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' Frollo's soldiers have no problem attempting to subdue Esmerelda by force.
* Mr. Incredible from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' grabs Mirage and threatened to crush her to death if Syndrome doesn't release him. Later on upon hitting his DespairEventHorizon when he gets informed that his family was killed, he promptly grabs an approaching Mirage upon being freed and nearly strangles her to death in rage over what happened to his wife and children.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'':

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Mulan}}'':

** ''[[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Captain Marvel]] VS [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Billy Batson]]'' has Billy Batson attempt to punch Carol Danvers. Though to be fair to Billy Batson, she does falsely accuse him of robbing a broken ATM and attempted to arrest him for the supposed theft when in actuality, he was trying to fix his mistake, making it fair game. [[spoiler:In the end, he succeeds and his [[MegatonPunch punch]] completely blew both her and the meteorite she was punted onto completely.]]

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