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== Literature ==

* Sometimes trouser-wearing Alice of ''[[~~The Witch Watch (Literature)|~~The Witch Watch]]'' can summon fire, but the process is incredibly draining and will lead to her fainting after two or three attempts, so she normally ends up having to rely on her brains or on her [[Hidden Weapon|little gun]].

* Sometimes trouser-wearing Alice of ''[[The Witch Watch]]'' can summon fire, but the process is incredibly draining and will lead to her fainting after two or three attempts, so she normally ends up having to rely on her brains or on her [[Hidden Weapon|little gun]].

== Live Action Television ==

* One of the earliest EEGs was Evie Garland from the 80s [[~~Sit Com~~]] ''[[Out of This World]]'', who derived her extraordinary powers from her half-alien heritage.

* One of the earliest EEGs was Evie Garland from the 80s [[Sitcom]] ''[[Out of This World]]'', who derived her extraordinary powers from her half-alien heritage.

* Similarly, Ta'ra from the short lived series ''Something Is Out There''.

* ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' used a similar formula, substituting "witch" for "alien".

* ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' used a similar formula, substituting "witch" for "alien".

* [[Joss Whedon]] has admitted to [[Author Appeal|having a thing for]] this trope, noting after ''[[~~Firefly (TV)|~~Firefly]]'' that he "can't seem to create a show without an adolescent girl with superpowers" in it.

* [[Joss Whedon]] has admitted to [[Author Appeal|having a thing for]] this trope, noting after ''[[Firefly]]'' that he "can't seem to create a show without an adolescent girl with superpowers" in it.

** The title character of ''[[~~Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|~~Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Whedon's most well-known TV creation, for instance, was one of the most notable instances on TV of this [[Archetype]].

** The title character of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Whedon's most well-known TV creation, for instance, was one of the most notable instances on TV of this [[Archetype]].

** However, she's by ''far'' not the last Whedon character to fit the trope: in addition to other Slayers seen throughout the Buffyverse (especially but not exclusively in the comics, such as ''Fray'' or ''Buffy Season Eight''), there's also [[Psychic Powers|psychic]] [[Waif Fu]] user River Tam from his shorter-lived cult hit ''[[Firefly]]''.

** He "has a thing" to the point that his ''Astonishing X-Men'' run actually ''regressed'' Kitty Pryde - in both age and personality - from the mature, confident woman she'd become in ''[[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Excalibur]]'', back to an EEG.