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== [[Literature]] ==

* ''[[Harry Potter and ~~The~~ Order of ~~The~~ Phoenix]]'' adds Tonks to the team of good badass adults we're used to as well as Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood to the main group. Although Ginny was in the story before this book, she was just a background character who had no real impact on storylines. Here she becomes a proper [[Action Girl]] and joins Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville in the fight in the Ministry. Luna as well then makes the main group have three girls and three boys.

* ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (novel)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' adds Tonks to the team of good badass adults we're used to as well as Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood to the main group. Although Ginny was in the story before this book, she was just a background character who had no real impact on storylines. Here she becomes a proper [[Action Girl]] and joins Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville in the fight in the Ministry. Luna as well then makes the main group have three girls and three boys.

** Well, Ginny, Luna and Neville are more of a secondary trio.

** On the evil side we originally had [[Psycho Supporter|Bellatrix]] as the [[The Dark Chick]]. Alecto Carrow then appears as another female Death Eater, but this trope fits Bellatrix's sister [[Mama Bear|Narcissa]] better; she technically appeared earlier and she's only the wife of a villain, but her role gets greatly expanded in the final two books, culminating in {{spoiler|a [[Heel Face Turn]] that allows Harry to kill Voldemort}}.

** Considering the entire plot of ''[[Chamber of Secrets]]'' and the climax revolved around her, Ginny was arguably an Affirmative Action Girl before book five, and not simply a background character.

** Considering the entire plot of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (novel)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' and the climax revolved around her, Ginny was arguably an Affirmative Action Girl before book five, and not simply a background character.

*** No one knew that she was important until the end of the second book.