Beauty Brains And Brawn / Live-Action TV

Beauty, Brains, and Brawn in Live-Action TV.

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• Smallville
  • Lana Lang - Beauty (comes to hate being the Damsel in Distress)
  • Chloe Sullivan - Brains (TV Genius)
  • Lois Lane - Brawn (Military Brat)

• The Vampire Diaries
  • Elena - Beauty; the beautiful, desirable one.
  • Bonnie - Brains; Hypercompetent Sidekick.
  • Caroline - Brawn; strongest Action Girl, capable fighter.
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (first season)
  • Counselor Deanna Troi - Beauty (shrink)
  • Dr. Beverly Crusher - Brains (infirmary leader)

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  • Lt. Tasha Yar - Brawn (head of security... no wonder she didn't last)
• ‘’The Golden Girls’’
  • Blanche - Beauty; the aristocratic, southern belle.
  • Dorothy - Brains; the street smart, schoolteacher.
  • Rose - Brawn; the athletic farmer’s daughter.
• Step by Step
  • Dana- Brains; smart, academic, sarcastic.
  • Karen- Beauty; beautiful, vain and ditzy.
  • Al- Brawn; sporty and tomboyish.
• Community
  • Beauty: Britta (though she thinks she's Brains)
  • Brains: Annie (overachiever and actually wants to learn stuff)
  • Brawn: Shirley (Mama Bear extraordinaire)
• H₂O: Just Add Water
  • Season 1-2
    • Cleo - Beauty: Naive, feminine, shy.
    • Emma - Brains: Responsible, perfectionist, Control Freak.
    • Rikki - Brawn: Rebellious, sarcastic tomboy.

• The Big Bang Theory (As of Season 4)
  • Bernadette - Beauty; cute, lovable and pretty.
  • Amy - Brains; stoic Brainy Brunette, TV Genius.
  • Penny - Brawn; strong, capable of handling herself on a physical level.
• Friends
  • Rachel - Beauty; attractive, trendy, fashionable.

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  • Monica - Brains; level-headed, the one with most common sense.
  • Phoebe - Brawn; the badass who lived on the street, implied to be a capable fighter.
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch (seasons 5-7)
  • Morgan - Beauty; shallow, attractive and popular.
  • Sabrina - Brains; book smart, aspiring journalist.
  • Roxie - Brawn; very strong and tough.
• Teen Wolf
  • Beauty - Erica, the Femme Fatale who's not ashamed to use her looks and sexuality to get stuff done
  • Brains - Lydia, the brilliant and sarcastic Teen Genius.
  • Brawn - Allison, the Action Girl who's a skilled archer who won't hesitate to kick your ass.

• Arrow
  • Beauty: Thea (From a billionaire socialite family and runs a night club)
  • Brains: Felicity (Genius hacker and case of Nerds Are Sexy)
  • Brawn: Sara/Laurel (The resident Action Girl)
• Downton Abbey has the Crawley sisters.
  • Beauty - Mary The Charmer, though she later regrets having nothing else to offer.
  • Brawn - Sybil learns to work. Her personality also hardens.

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  • Brains - Edith becomes a master organizer since she's not as pretty or strong as her sisters.
• Charmed the original trio:
  • Beauty - Phoebe, the flirtatious Phoebe
  • Brains - Prue, the capable, level headed leader
  • Brawn - Piper, who is all fun and mellow until she starts blowing things up
• Survivor used a mixed-gender example, as it themed the Cagayan and Kaôh Rōng seasons after the dynamic; each with a tribe of strong people, a tribe of smart people, and a tribe of pretty people. "Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty" was even a tagline for the seasons. A straighter example would be in Kaoh Rong, with the trio of Cydney, Aubry, and Michele:
  • Beauty - Michele Fitzgerald, a pretty bartender from the Beauty Tribe
  • Brains - Aubry Bracco, a smart social media marketer from the Brains Tribe
  • Brawn - Cydney Gillon, a beefy bodybuilder from the Brawn Tribe
• Charlie's Angels, particularly in the first season
  • Sabrina - Brains; usually acted as leader, put the clues together, and solved the crime.
  • Jill - Brawn; Somewhat surprisingly since the opening showed Kelly doing Judo, it was Jill who was portrayed as the athlete of the three.
  • Kelly - Beauty; Insomuch as they were all pretty much this, she was portrayed as the classic beauty.
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine:
  • Gina - Beauty. She's the most feminine and cares a great deal about her looks.
  • Amy - Brains. She's highly intelligent and is enthusiastically nerdy about police work.
  • Rosa - Brawn. She's an intimidating badass who is the quickest to resort to violence.
• Orphan Black
  • The main three clones.
    • Beauty - Alison, a neat and uptight soccer mom.
    • Brains - Cosima, a nerdy science student.
    • Brawn - Sarah, a tough, abrasive former hustler.
  • The three main prominent additional Clone Club members.
    • Beauty - Krystal, a fashionable Valley Girl.
    • Brains - M.K., a brilliant but elusive hacker.
    • Brawn - Helena, Tyke-Bomb Action Girl.
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The three regular females from the series.
  • Jadzia Dax - Brains. Capt. Sisko's closest colleague and confidante.
  • Kira Nerys - Brawn. Former resistance fighter.
  • Ezri Dax - Beauty. A Naïve Newcomer during the final season.
• Gilligan's Island:
  • Beauty - Ginger, the glamorous movie star who loves to flirt with men.
  • Brains - Mrs. Howell, the wisest and most formally educated of the women.
  • Brawn - Mary Ann, the farm girl who is the only one who does any real physical work.
• Last Man Standing - Mike and Vanessa's daughters.
  • Beauty - Mandy, the middle daughter, The Fashionista and Proud Beauty with a Hidden Heart of Gold.
  • Brains - Kristin, the eldest, who despite her teen pregnancy has worked hard to achieve a management position and is very well-read and intelligent.
  • Brawn - Eve, the youngest, Mike's tomboy who has always dreamed of and worked toward a military career.
• Victorious:
  • Beauty - Cat, adorable and dresses the most stereotypically girly of the group.
  • Brains - Tori, often the voice of reason in the group.
  • Brawn - Jade, easily the toughest girl of the group.
• Power Rangers Lost Galaxy:
  • Beauty- Karone (2nd Pink Ranger): Reformed Criminal Ms. Fanservice and a Friend to All Children.
  • Brains- Kendrix (1st Pink Ranger): Science officer of Terra Venture.
  • Brawn- Maya (Yellow Ranger): A jungle girl and Nature Hero.
• Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue:
  • Beauty- Dana: The Captain's Combat Medic daughter.
  • Brains- Ms Fairweather: The head of R&D at Lightspeed Rescue, who built the weapons, Zords and morphers.
  • Brawn- Kelsey: An extreme sports enthusiast and tomboy.
• Power Rangers Wild Force:
  • Beauty- Princess Shayla: The Rangers' mentor who often acts as the Team Mom
  • Brains- Alyssa: A collage student, training to be a teacher, often seen reading books.
  • Brawn- Taylor: The most expereince ranger in the current group as well as a trained military officer.
• Power Rangers S.P.D.:
  • Beauty- Sydney: A materialistic Lovable Alpha Bitch.
  • Brains- Kat: SPD's head scientist.
  • Brawn- Z: A sassy former delinquent who Jumped at the Call.
• Power Rangers Mystic Force:
  • Beauty- Madison: The nicest ranger and somthing of a Shrinking Violet.
  • Brains- Udona: The team's mentor and a veteran of the Great War, very wise and experienced.
  • Brawn- Vida: The most aggressive ranger (including the boys).

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