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This trope has no inherent connection to [[Manly Gay]] or [[Agent Peacock]]. Sure there is some overlap, but you don't ''have'' to be muscular, macho or pretty to be a badass. Lesbian characters on this trope tend to avoid macho/butch stereotypes as well as the [[Ms. Fanservice|lesbianism intended for a male audience]] stereotypes, being feminine yet both proper and cool.
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== Anime ==
* Fire Emblem (no connection to [[Fire Emblem|the video game]]) from the series ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]''. Appears to be just a [[Camp Gay]] character, but is a superhero and a successful CEO who dabbles in various business affairs ''for fun''. He can get very serious when needed, though he rarely ever is. His costume even looks like a cross between [[Batman]]'s and [[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Anime)|Gatchaman]]'s.
* General Blue from ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]]''. He may be a homosexual, but he's immensely powerful enough to defeat Kuririn and take on Goku. His homosexuality helps in some sense because Bulma tried to sexually distract him and he wasn't affected.
* Shinobu Sensui from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho (Manga)|Yu Yu Hakusho]]''. Yeah, he's a villain, and [[Misanthrope Supreme|he]] [[Black and White Insanity|has]] [[Split Personality|a]] [[Face Heel Turn|LOT]] [[Nietzsche Wannabe|of issues]], but he's also a [[Young Conqueror|martial-arts prodigy born with a very strong spiritual sense]] and the [[
* ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]]'' has the lesbian version of this in Sailors Uranus and Neptune. Utterly ruthless in their mission, willing to sacrifice individuals to save the world (sadly for them they're in an idealistic series) and are shown to be entirely refined. Also they're always fan favorites.
* Another lesbian example, [[Samurai|Setsuna]] and [[Stalker With a Crush|Tsukuyomi]] in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]''.
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== Literature ==
* In ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and
* In Homer's "The Illiad", Achilles's desire to enter battle with Hector is ignited when Hector accidentally kills Achilles's male lover (thinking him to be Achilles). Note that the ancient Greek culture didn't divide people into heterosexual and homosexual but instead into active/dominant and receiving/submissive. One can assume that Achilles was the active/dominant in the relationship.
* In [http://www.adlibris.com/se/product.aspx?isbn=9163330075 Prinsessan Kristalla], the titular Princess Crystallia and her girlfriend have several badass moments, like when they save the dragon from all the [[Knight Templar]] "[[Windmill Crusader|heroes]]".
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* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episode "Day of the Moon", Canton Everett Delaware III is shown to be a badass government agent who helps the Doctor defeat the Silence after getting kicked out of the FBI for "wanting to get married" in 1969. Right at the end of the arc, Nixon asks him if the person he wants to marry is black, because he would be willing to push to overturn that law. "Yes," says Delaware, "''he'' is."
* In one ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'', Jadzia Dax gets a girlfriend named Lenara Khan. When the mandatory [[Made of Explodium|technological disaster]] happens, Jadzia gets to be the [[Knight in Shining Armor]] and heroically save her beloved [[Damsel in Distress]] Lenara.
** Bonus points that neither the lovers themselves, their friends nor even their enemies even notice that Jadzia and Lenara are of the same gender, in spite of both of them being very feminine. They are, instead, persecuted because the symbiants whose memories they each carry were already married in previous hosts. "Reassociation", as it is known, with a past host's spouse is strictly forbidden and highly taboo in their culture. As a result the episode is full of [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] conversations as the two first try to deny their feelings for each other (until Jadzia saves the day and wins the girl) then try to hide it from Lenara's well-meaning but judgmental brother in order to avoid persecution and exile (which would be an eventual death sentence for their symbiants).
* Oka from ''[[Deep Love (Literature)|Deep Love]]'' and nobody expected it because he also doubles as [[Camp Gay]], but when he rescues somebody from three tough men, wow.
{{quote| '''Oka:''' "Don't underestimate fags or else you'll pay for it!"}}
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* Richard Hatch, [[Ur Example|the very first]] winner of ''[[Survivor (TV)|Survivor]]''. He did so by being a [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] [[Magnificent Bastard]].
* [[The Wire]]'s Omar Little.
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* The ''[[Mass Effect]]'' series gives us the entire Asari race. All omnisexual, all biotics, all prepared to fling you across the room telekinetically if you piss them off.
** Worthy of mention: [[Adorkable|Liara]], [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|barely a hundred years old]] but already a more powerful biotic than most Matriarchs. If you [[Berserk Button|mess with Shepard]], [[Disproportionate Retribution|you will die. Your friends will die. Your allies will die. Everything you ever built will be torn down. And nobody will ever remember your name]]. Also, if you don't pay her back she will flay you alive. With her mind.
** [[Never Mess With Granny|Samara]]. She manages to pull off her [[Absolute Cleavage|red]] [[Spy Catsuit|catsuit]] at [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|nine hundred years old]], uses biotics to crush cars, and she's a [[Knight Templar|Justicar]] to boot.
** And of course, [[Player Character|FemShep]] romancing [[Discount Lesbians|Liara]], [[Bi the Way|Kelly]] or [[Gay Option|Samantha]] qualifies as well.
** Also, as of [[Mass Effect 3]], a [[Player Character|Male Shepard]] romancing Steve Cortez or Kaidan.
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'''TT:''' I will not hold one tentative hand behind my head like a flustered asshole from an Asian cartoon, nor will [[Sweat Drop|an oversized bead of sweat]] overlap ludicrously with my visage.<br />
'''TT:''' If it's me, I'm going all out. <br />
'''TT:''' [[What Do You Mean
'''TG:''' uuh <br />
'''TT:''' What I'm saying is, it's going to be a scene, and bystanders need to brace themselves. }}
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== Western Animation ==
* [[Hello, Sailor!|Shoreleave]] from ''[[The Venture Brothers (Animation)|The Venture Brothers]]''. So very gay and so very awesome.
* [[American Dad (Animation)|Greg and Terry]] have their moments. Terry [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|even punches out Stan]] after Stan {{spoiler|[[Papa Wolf|kidnaps his and Greg's surrogate daughter,]]}} despite being notably more feminine than Greg.
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