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It's not easy being [[The Chick]] and [[Action Girl]] at the same time, you are often the target of being attacked by the bad guys and having next to no self-defense ability. And then there are the times where the only thing between [[The End of the World As We Know It|the world being destroyed]] is you and possibly the magical [[McGuffin]] that allows only a girl to transform or let them use the item.
It's not easy being [[The Chick]] and [[Action Girl]] at the same time, you are often the target of being attacked by the bad guys and having next to no self-defense ability. And then there are the times where the only thing between [[The End of the World as We Know It|the world being destroyed]] is you and possibly the magical [[McGuffin]] that allows only a girl to transform or let them use the item.


Who knows why the device won't work for guys, a slight technical oversight perhaps, maybe because it runs on certain sources of energy? But who knows. The Girl Powered Device ain't going to work on men at all, for some reason, and no attempt is made to get it to do so.
Who knows why the device won't work for guys, a slight technical oversight perhaps, maybe because it runs on certain sources of energy? But who knows. The Girl Powered Device ain't going to work on men at all, for some reason, and no attempt is made to get it to do so.
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See [[Virgin Power]] when not only is being a girl a requirement to use said powers, but she must also stay relatively chaste.
See [[Virgin Power]] when not only is being a girl a requirement to use said powers, but she must also stay relatively chaste.


See [[Stay in The Kitchen]] for when [[Action Girl|Action Girls]] should stay away from combat.
See [[Stay in the Kitchen]] for when [[Action Girl|Action Girls]] should stay away from combat.
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== Anime and Manga ==
== Anime and Manga ==


* The [[Humongous Mecha]] of the [[Alternate Universe]] in ''[[Parallel Trouble Adventure Dual (Anime)|Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure]]'' only work for girls, with the execption of Kazuki. {{spoiler|The reason Kazuki can is because his parallel twin is a Mecha.}} {{spoiler|The reason only girls can pilot the Mecha is a limiter that was put in place, because men could make them produce [[Tenchi Muyo|Light Hawk Wings]], which makes this an [[Inverted Trope|inversion]].}}
* The [[Humongous Mecha]] of the [[Alternate Universe]] in ''[[Parallel Trouble Adventure Dual|Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure]]'' only work for girls, with the execption of Kazuki. {{spoiler|The reason Kazuki can is because his parallel twin is a Mecha.}} {{spoiler|The reason only girls can pilot the Mecha is a limiter that was put in place, because men could make them produce [[Tenchi Muyo!|Light Hawk Wings]], which makes this an [[Inverted Trope|inversion]].}}
* Only girls can be [[Sailor Moon|Sailor Senshi]], end of story. Tuxedo Kamen is the closest the series has to a male Sailor and represents Earth in the lineup, but his power comes from the Golden Crystal, the counterpart to the Silver Crystal, not a Sailor Crystal like the rest of the Senshi. This is what justifies the idea of [[Sailor Earth]].
* Only girls can be [[Sailor Moon|Sailor Senshi]], end of story. Tuxedo Kamen is the closest the series has to a male Sailor and represents Earth in the lineup, but his power comes from the Golden Crystal, the counterpart to the Silver Crystal, not a Sailor Crystal like the rest of the Senshi. This is what justifies the idea of [[Sailor Earth]].
* Only girls can become magical, well, girls, in [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]. There's no specific reason why there ''couldn't'' be a magical boy, but {{spoiler|Kyubey and the rest of his alien race specifically target pubescent girls because their emotional output is much higher than any other human demographic; it's just not worth the investment for them to try to harvest anyone else.}}
* Only girls can become magical, well, girls, in [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]. There's no specific reason why there ''couldn't'' be a magical boy, but {{spoiler|Kyubey and the rest of his alien race specifically target pubescent girls because their emotional output is much higher than any other human demographic; it's just not worth the investment for them to try to harvest anyone else.}}
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* The priestesses of the [[Fushigi Yuugi]] stories are, as the name implies, all female, for no other reason than the four gods just aren't into guys. Most of the Seishi are men, however.
* The priestesses of the [[Fushigi Yuugi]] stories are, as the name implies, all female, for no other reason than the four gods just aren't into guys. Most of the Seishi are men, however.
* Name a Comic Valkyrie Manga such as ''[[Freezing]]'' for example, the Pandoras (aka girls) are the actual combatants in the [[Battle Couple]], the guys only purpose is to hold the bad guys down to allow the girls to beat them up
* Name a Comic Valkyrie Manga such as ''[[Freezing]]'' for example, the Pandoras (aka girls) are the actual combatants in the [[Battle Couple]], the guys only purpose is to hold the bad guys down to allow the girls to beat them up
* ''[[Mai Hi ME]]'' and ''[[Mai Otome]]'', only a girl (and in Mai Otome, a [[Virgin Power|virgin]]) can have a CHILD. This doesn't stop Yuuichi from trying to help out, nor Mashiro (in the Manga, where she is really a he) pulling a CMOA in the end.
* ''[[Mai-HiME]]'' and ''[[Mai-Otome]]'', only a girl (and in Mai Otome, a [[Virgin Power|virgin]]) can have a CHILD. This doesn't stop Yuuichi from trying to help out, nor Mashiro (in the Manga, where she is really a he) pulling a CMOA in the end.
* In ''[[VITA Sexualis]]'', Shirou acts a conduit for allowing the already powerful [[Action Girl|female cast]] to transform and fight.
* In ''[[VITA Sexualis]]'', Shirou acts a conduit for allowing the already powerful [[Action Girl|female cast]] to transform and fight.
* ''[[Strike Witches]]'' is a subversion as non magic powered weapons can damage the Neuroi, but because it takes longer and more ammo to kill them, Witches are needed to quickly finish them off.
* ''[[Strike Witches]]'' is a subversion as non magic powered weapons can damage the Neuroi, but because it takes longer and more ammo to kill them, Witches are needed to quickly finish them off.
* The titular ''[[Infinite Stratos]]'' combat exoskeletons are only usable by women, with the sole exception of the main male protagonist. Apparently according to the inventor, this wasn't intentional, but she won't care to fix this, nor find out why the main character can use it despite his gender.
* The titular ''[[Infinite Stratos]]'' combat exoskeletons are only usable by women, with the sole exception of the main male protagonist. Apparently according to the inventor, this wasn't intentional, but she won't care to fix this, nor find out why the main character can use it despite his gender.
* ''[[Kämpfer (Light Novel)|Kämpfer]]'', all the fighters are female and the only one who isn't goes through a [[Gender Bender]] to do so.
* ''[[Kämpfer]]'', all the fighters are female and the only one who isn't goes through a [[Gender Bender]] to do so.
* [[Gender Inverted Trope|Gender inverted]] in ''[[D.N.Angel]]'' since only males can bear the "Dark" gene that allows them to take on their magical boy form.
* [[Gender Inverted Trope|Gender inverted]] in ''[[D.N.Angel]]'' since only males can bear the "Dark" gene that allows them to take on their magical boy form.


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== Film ==
== Film ==


* The [[McGuffin]] in the ''[[Red Sonja (Film)|Red Sonja]]'' film could only be handled by women. Men who touched it were instantly killed by bad special effects.
* The [[McGuffin]] in the ''[[Red Sonja]]'' film could only be handled by women. Men who touched it were instantly killed by bad special effects.
* Questionably present in ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]''. It's explained that only children can be turned into cyborg, and never explicitly stated that they have to be girls, but we never see any sign of a male cyborg.
* Questionably present in ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]''. It's explained that only children can be turned into cyborg, and never explicitly stated that they have to be girls, but we never see any sign of a male cyborg.
* While the actual handlers in ''[[Asura Cryin]]'' can be of either gender. The [[Powered By a Forsaken Child|Burial Doll]] are always girls.
* While the actual handlers in ''[[Asura Cryin]]'' can be of either gender. The [[Powered by a Forsaken Child|Burial Doll]] are always girls.




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== Western Animation ==
== Western Animation ==


* The [[Amulet of Concentrated Awesome|Heart of Candracar]] in [[WITCH (Animation)|WITCH]] allows a team of five [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]] to transform into Guardians to fight evil on Earth and in other universes. From what we've seen so far it's pretty much understood that only females are allowed to become Guardians for whatever reason, though the creator of the Heart was female in the comics and show and some fans speculate that this is the reason for the girls-only clause. The simpler explanation may be that [[WITCH (Animation)|WITCH]] is marketed as a girls' property and each of the Guardians are meant to relate to their audience.
* The [[Amulet of Concentrated Awesome|Heart of Candracar]] in [[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]] allows a team of five [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]] to transform into Guardians to fight evil on Earth and in other universes. From what we've seen so far it's pretty much understood that only females are allowed to become Guardians for whatever reason, though the creator of the Heart was female in the comics and show and some fans speculate that this is the reason for the girls-only clause. The simpler explanation may be that [[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]] is marketed as a girls' property and each of the Guardians are meant to relate to their audience.


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