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* Dixie from ''What's New? With Phil And Dixie'' regularly smacks, punches, or hammer-KOs her partner Phil, which combines this trope with [[Take That Me]] because he's [[Phil Foglio]]'s [[Author Avatar]].
* Dixie from ''What's New? With Phil And Dixie'' regularly smacks, punches, or hammer-KOs her partner Phil, which combines this trope with [[Take That Me]] because he's [[Phil Foglio]]'s [[Author Avatar]].
* The "free comic day" [[Scott Pilgrim]] [[Department of Redundancy Department|comic]] surprisingly confronts this; Scott is attacked by female ninjas and, much to the chagrin of Ramona and Wallace, ''refuses to defend himself because he doesn't want to hit a girl''. Despite its somewhat important message, '''''it should be noted it's [[Played for Laughs]].'''''
* The "free comic day" [[Scott Pilgrim]] [[Department of Redundancy Department|comic]] surprisingly confronts this; Scott is attacked by female ninjas and, much to the chagrin of Ramona and Wallace, ''refuses to defend himself because he doesn't want to hit a girl''. Despite its somewhat important message, '''''it should be noted it's [[Played for Laughs]].'''''
{{quote|'''[[An Aesop|Scott Pilgrim says...]]'''
{{quote|'''[[An Aesop|Scott Pilgrim says...]]'''
Sometimes girls can be very, very mean. They might pull your hair or kick you in the shins really hard. It can feel like they're sticking razor blades in your heart. ''[[Dissimile|Or maybe they actually]]'' '''''[[Dissimile|are]]''''' ''[[Dissimile|sticking razor blades in your heart.]]'' Just remember, in real life you should '''''never''''' hit a girl. [[Spoof Aesop|Unless it's a serious emergency.]] }}
Sometimes girls can be very, very mean. They might pull your hair or kick you in the shins really hard. It can feel like they're sticking razor blades in your heart. ''[[Dissimile|Or maybe they actually]]'' '''''[[Dissimile|are]]''''' ''[[Dissimile|sticking razor blades in your heart.]]'' Just remember, in real life you should '''''never''''' hit a girl. [[Spoof Aesop|Unless it's a serious emergency.]] }}


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* The music video for Maroon 5's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g6g2mvItp4 "Misery"] is a perfect example of this. [[Misaimed Fandom|This actually goes against the lyrics of the song]], which are definitely not about a healthy relationship, as well as [[Word of God|the words of Adam Levine himself]]:
* The music video for Maroon 5's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g6g2mvItp4 "Misery"] is a perfect example of this. [[Misaimed Fandom|This actually goes against the lyrics of the song]], which are definitely not about a healthy relationship, as well as [[Word of God|the words of Adam Levine himself]]:
{{quote|"'Misery' is about the desperation of wanting someone really badly in your life but having it be very difficult. Kind of what all the songs I write are about. I'm not treading on new ground, but I think a lot of people – including myself – deal with that all the time. Relationships are difficult, and it's good therapy to write about them." [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id{{=}}19678 (source)]}}
{{quote|"'Misery' is about the desperation of wanting someone really badly in your life but having it be very difficult. Kind of what all the songs I write are about. I'm not treading on new ground, but I think a lot of people – including myself – deal with that all the time. Relationships are difficult, and it's good therapy to write about them." [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id{{=}}19678 (source)]}}
* When [[Florence and the Machine]]'s "Kiss With A Fist" came out, a number of critics condemned it for its [[Romanticized Abuse]] overtones—fair enough, except that they all seemed to see the female singer as the poor, innocent victim, despite the fact that she's clearly giving as good as she gets (she hits him, slaps him, sets fire to his bed, breaks his jaw...).
* When [[Florence + the Machine]]'s "Kiss With A Fist" came out, a number of critics condemned it for its [[Romanticized Abuse]] overtones—fair enough, except that they all seemed to see the female singer as the poor, innocent victim, despite the fact that she's clearly giving as good as she gets (she hits him, slaps him, sets fire to his bed, breaks his jaw...).
* Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" is all about a woman destroying her boyfriend's car because of the cheating he ''might'' be doing. The video says she was right in her unconfirmed suspicions, but there's no way she would be able to get away with it with the genders reversed.
* Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" is all about a woman destroying her boyfriend's car because of the cheating he ''might'' be doing. The video says she was right in her unconfirmed suspicions, but there's no way she would be able to get away with it with the genders reversed.
** Let's see: "I dug my key into the side/Of her pretty little souped-up 4 wheel drive/Carved my name into her leather seat/I took a Louisville slugger to both head lights/Slashed a hole in all 4 tires/And maybe next time she'll think before she cheats". Um, yeah. Changing four pronouns changes the connotations quite a bit.
** Let's see: "I dug my key into the side/Of her pretty little souped-up 4 wheel drive/Carved my name into her leather seat/I took a Louisville slugger to both head lights/Slashed a hole in all 4 tires/And maybe next time she'll think before she cheats". Um, yeah. Changing four pronouns changes the connotations quite a bit.
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