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|'''Spike''', ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''}}
▲{{quote|"''I love the kind of woman who could kick my ass.''"|'''Spike''', ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''}}
|'''Wash''', ''[[Firefly]]''}}
For every [[Tropes]], there is a [[Inverted Trope|flip side]]. The flip side to [[No Guy Wants an Amazon]] is the lady who's attractive ''[[Power Is Sexy|because]]'' of her [[Action Girl|Amazon-ness]]. She could be the protagonist who needs a guy who can appreciate a girl who's stronger, tougher, faster, and more aggressive than even himself. Or she could just be a [[Girl of the Week]] for [[The Hero]] who prefers this type. Her paramour is sometimes a [[Non-Action Guy]], which could be because [[Weakness Turns Her On|she likes a man who will submit to her]], or sometimes he's her equal, which may be because, in her mind, [[All Amazons Want Hercules|anyone less is not worthy of her]]. Conversely, the guy himself could be a [[Badass]], gritty warrior who finds a woman who [[I Love You Because I Can't Control You|refuses to submit and challenges him]] ''very'' enticing.
▲{{quote|"Have you ever ''been'' with a warrior woman?"|'''Wash''', ''[[Firefly]]''}}
Compare [[Pirate Girl]], [[Nubile Savage]], [[Lady of War]], and [[Hot Chick
▲For every [[Tropes]], there is a [[Inverted Trope|flip side]]. The flip side to [[No Guy Wants an Amazon]] is the lady who's attractive ''[[Power Is Sexy|because]]'' of her [[Action Girl|Amazon-ness]]. She could be the protagonist who needs a guy who can appreciate a girl who's stronger, tougher, faster, and more aggressive than even himself. Or she could just be a [[Girl of the Week]] for [[The Hero]] who prefers this type. Her paramour is sometimes a [[Non-Action Guy]], which could be because [[Weakness Turns Her On|she likes a man who will submit to her]], or sometimes he's her equal, which may be because, in her mind, [[All Amazons Want Hercules|anyone less is not worthy of her]]. Conversely, the guy himself could be a [[Badass]], gritty warrior who finds a woman who [[I Love You Because I Can't Control You|refuses to submit and challenges him]] ''very'' enticing.
Not to be confused with an [[Amazon Brigade]] (although its ranks can consist of or entirely be composed of
▲Compare [[Pirate Girl]], [[Nubile Savage]], [[Lady of War]], and [[Hot Chick With a Sword]]. If she's got a [[Heroic Build]] as well, she's an [[Amazonian Beauty]]. If she's tall and beautiful, she's a [[Statuesque Stunner]]. Usually Ms. Brawn from [[Beauty Brains and Brawn]] will match to this.
'''Remember, this is
▲Not to be confused with an [[Amazon Brigade]] (although its ranks can consist of or entirely be composed of [[Hot Amazon|Hot Amazons]]) or [[The Amazon|the actual geographic location]].
▲'''Remember, this is NOT about attractive [[Action Girl|Action Girls]].''' This is about [[Action Girl|Action Girls]] who are considered attractive in-universe ''because'' they are [[Action Girl|Action Girls]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' the second test for a beauty contest is a strength test, and the third is a wrestling match.
* Giroro fell for Natsumi from ''[[Keroro Gunsou
* Sango in ''[[Inuyasha
* In a manga omake, Ryuu-oh's father in ''[[
* One of the above page quotes comes from ''[[
* In ''[[
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* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* Miwako Satou from ''[[
* [[Dark Action Girl|Ophiuchus Shaina]] from ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* Boa Hancock in ''[[One Piece]]'' is greatly admired by her ([[Even the Girls Want Her|female]]) subjects because Amazon Lily follows the mandate of "strength equals beauty". And she has the worldwide reputation and the skills to back it up. Another Hot Amazon in the series is Nico Robin.
* In the manga version of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'', Asuka is admired by the male members of the cast because she's tough, willing to [[Taking the Bullet|use the Doble Passe Trap Card]] to gain an advantage. Misawa calls such dedication "beautiful" upon seeing it.
== Comic Books ==
* [[John Byrne]]'s favorite Trope. He usually adds a wimpy guy as a henchman to emphasize her size and sexiness. (See: Babe, his tenure with [[Wonder Woman]], and so on.)
* [[The DCU]] and ''[[Justice League]]'': Scott "Mister Miracle" Free and his wife, [[Action Girl]] Big Barda. Barda is a beautiful 7-foot-tall bruiser [[Tiny Guy, Huge Girl|who towers over her husband]], but that doesn't bother the super escape artist in the least. In fact, they are [[Happily Married]], and he is so secure in his own skills and abilities that he gladly defers any heavy lifting or fighting to his wife, who is eager to smash the bad guys when appropriate. To be fair, their appearances are mundane compared to most characters in the Fourth World... although it was innovative when [[Jack Kirby]] created them in the early 1970s.
* [[Wonder Woman]], a literal Amazon, is an [[Ur Example]] of this trope. In the [[Pre Crisis]] DCU, Steve Trevor, the beau of Wonder Woman, rarely showed concern about being overpowered, and considered the [[World's Most Beautiful Woman]] by most other characters. [[Post-Crisis]], Wonder Woman generally doesn't get into romance either
* Rose Wilson/Ravager of the [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]], who was the toughest member of the modern version of the team. Both her friends Kid Flash and Kid Devil harbored a crush on her, most likely because of her badass-itude.
* [[Marvel Comics]]' [[She Hulk|Jennifer Walters]]. For the most part, the super-powered men of the Marvel universe can't get enough of her seven-foot, green alter ego. Her experiences with mundane men are rather well-documented, too, usually with the implication Jen in her She-Hulk forms is much more outgoing and confident.
* [[The New Gods| Big Barda]] is one, but sadly for fanboys, [[Happily Married| she's taken.]]
* [[Incredible Hulk
** The Hulk's third wife, Caiera. Before getting married, she and the Hulk were a formidable [[Battle Couple]]. Shame she was also the shortest lived of the Hulk's romantic interests.
** Red She-Hulk. It seems the Leader is into Hot Amazons, since he's in love with Red She-Hulk.
** She-Hulk's [[Arch Enemy]]/[[Evil Counterpart]] Titania is a [[Evil Is Sexy|villainous example]]. During ''[[Secret Wars]]'', she and Crusher Creel (the Absorbing Man) struck up a friendship. Although Mary [[All Amazons Want Hercules|greatly admired Creel for his raw physical power]], he in turn was attracted to her for [[The Brute|being every bit as rough and tough as he was]] (she ''is'', [[The Worf Effect|more or less]], the strongest woman in the Marvel universe alongside Shulkie). They formed a [[Battle Couple]] for quite some time [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife|before]] [[They Do|finally]] [[Unholy Matrimony|sealing the deal]].
* There's Carol Danvers aka [[
* [[Chris Claremont]] popularized this during his legendary run on the [[X-Men]]. There's [[Storm]] who [[Statuesque Stunner|canonically stands at 5'11 (1,80 m)]] and is very skilled in hand-to-hand combat. Even when depowered, her [[Action Girl]] skills wooed many as shown in the 70's. Others include Rogue, when she still had a copied version of Ms. Marvel's powerset for virtually two decades (she later lost it), and Psylocke (who experienced both a [[Race Lift]] and [[Take a Level In Badass]] from being a [[Faux Action Girl]] English spy to a faux-Japanese [[McNinja]], when she accidentally body-switched with a fellow telepath.)
* In the DC miniseries ''The Bulleteer'', part of the ''[[Seven Soldiers|Seven Soldiers of Victory]]'' maxiseries, the lead character's husband has a secret fetish for superpowered women and dies in an experiment to give his wife superpowers (which she doesn't actually want). The series also reveals that there are a number of women with superpowers who have no intention of being heroes or villains but dressing up like them for porn websites.
* The tellingly-named ''Amazon Gazonga'', from the comic of the same title, is another obvious candidate. Possessed of well above-normal physical strength (especially given her diminutive and mainly-slender physique), highly athletic and skilled in combat, and living in a society where men are generally slimly-built toys for her and her kind. She also, as her name suggests, possesses far more than ample measures of the [[Most Common Superpower]].
* ''[[Robotech]] II: The Sentinels'' featured the Praxians, a [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]] [[One-Gender Race]] of Hot Amazons (they were one of many races from ''Sentinels'' [[Put
* Tara, Mariah, and Shakira from ''[[The Warlord]]''. Tara is perhaps the purest example and is the one that captures Morgan's heart.
* [[X Wing Series|Plourr Illo]]. [[Badass Princess|Crown princess of Eiattu VI]]. [[Ace Pilot|Highly skilled starfighter pilot.]] When she returned to Eiattu to take up the reins of governmental matters, her betrothed ([[Incest Is Relative|her cousin]] Count Rial Pernon) [[Arranged Marriage|may have been her fiance since childhood]], but he was her staunchest supporter.
* Caitlin Fairchild of the now-defunct ''[[Gen 13]]''. The series even had the team travel to Coda Island, the Wildstorm Universe's Amazonian equivalent where Fairchild impressed the island's inhabitants and was accepted by them.
* Zealot, member of Wildstorm's ''Avengers''/''JLA'' [[Expy]] ''WildCATS'' is from Coda Island.
* Also from Wildstorm, Victoria Ngengi aka Flint of ''[[Stormwatch]]'' was married to [[Badass Normal|Benito]] [[Colonel Badass|Santini]] of Team Achilles for quite a while.
* [[Red Sonja]]. In the comics, many men are explicitly attracted to her because she is a woman who knows how to fight.
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* Lorna Cole in ''[[Lethal Weapon 3]]'' has absolutely no problem matching Martin Riggs in the ass-kicking department, a quality that contributes greatly to their eventual romance.
* Callahan from the ''[[Police Academy]]'' films. Her first combat demonstration ends with her asking for a volunteer and every man present jumping to his feet.
* Basically the reason why [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|Phoebus]] went after Esmeralda. Clearly he was interested before, but when he saw her standing up to Frollo and kicking some ass... Yeah.
* Astrid from ''[[How to Train Your Dragon]]''. How hot is she? Well, how about she's introduced with an [[Unflinching Walk]] in front of a '''fiery explosion'''!
* ''[[Ever After (
* In [[Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across
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* Pretty much any female Na'vi in ''[[Avatar]]'' , who fit this Trope plus [[Statuesque Stunner]] and [[Nubile Savage]]. Especially scantily-clad [[The Chief's Daughter| Neytiri]]
* Cheesy [[Cult Classic]] Argentinian film ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons_(1986_film) Amazons]''; go figure.
== Literature ==
* Asha Greyjoy, from ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', is lusted after half the male crew of her ship and even [[Incest Is Relative|her own brother]] before he recognizes who she is. Note that she can raid and pillage with the best of them.
* Kerowyn in [[Mercedes Lackey]]'s ''[[Heralds of Valdemar|Valdemar]]'' books.
* Angharad, and her aunt Arianrhod, and presumably other women from their clan from the third ''[[Ravenor]]'' book.
* [[Vorkosigan Saga|Cordelia Vorkosigan]] gained her husband in the midst of a war by impressing him with both her brain and her martial prowess. Droushnakovi is a female martial artist whose husband is not the least bit intimidated by her still and instead finds her skill attractive. Elli Quinn and Elena Bothari, of the Dendarii Free Mercenaries also gain male attention not just for their looks but for their physical aptitude as well.
* Black Sheba in ''[[The Pyrates]]'' is this trope turned up to eleven and poured into a leopardskin tracksuit.
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* ''[[
* Taizu, from [[
* Ashlin, from [[Amanda Downum]]'s ''[[The Bone Palace]]'', is this, at least in the opinion of Savedra, Ashlin's husband's mistress, who finds her very attractive in an Amazonian way.
* Nihal from ''[[Chronicles of the Emerged World]]''.
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* ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]''. Despite not ''actually'' being an amazon, Xena counts as this trope. So does {{spoiler|her daughter Eve}}, and her arch-nemesis Callisto. Actual amazons that fall under this trope include Gabrielle (Seasons Five, and Six), Ephiny, Varia, Amarice, Velasca, Melosa and Chilapa. And, pretty much every other amazon in the show.
** Except Yakut, Otere and all the other Siberian amazons who wear lots of animal skins and are pretty androgynous.
* ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]''
* When ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' introduces the new slayer Faith, Xander hangs on her every word. At which point Cordelia asks what's with him and slayers (knowing that he's had a crush on Buffy). Should she dress up like one and put a stake to his hear? He did wish she wasn't kidding.
* ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'': Sydney
* ''[[American Gladiators]]''. Just about every female gladiator on the show, ever.
** Just ''[[Gladiators]]'' in general. The Australian version had the smaller Gladiators such as Blade, Rebel, Nitro, and Viper, who were by no means wallflowers. Then they got bigger, badder and stronger like Storm, Fury, Angel and Olympia. Then, we genuine
* Kara Thrace on the rebooted ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* ''[[Chuck]]'' [[Bodyguard Crush|has strong feelings for his femme fatale CIA bodyguard]], who is a master martial artist with [[Knife Nut|a thing for throwing knives]].
* Agent Ziva David from ''[[NCIS]]''. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in one episode where two nerdish kids get arrested, and Ziva and DiNozzo try some psychological warfare on them.
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''"Yeah? She looked kinda hot actually."'' }}
* Explosives-loving ex-terrorist Fiona from ''[[Burn Notice]]'', although her partner/love interest Michael is certainly skilled enough to keep up with her.
* Deputy Josefina "Jo" Lupo from ''[[Eureka]]'' certainly fits this trope. According to the show, she holds the all-time Army Ranger's marksmanship record. Not to mention this particular quote from the second episode of the third season.
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'''Jo:''' I've been waiting for someone to say that to me my whole life.
''Meaningful smiles at each other'' }}
* Aeryn Sun, ''[[
** Never mind ''after'' giving birth, she was firing her gun ''while'' giving birth because it "Made her feel better"!
* ''[[
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* Teyla Emmagan from ''[[
** And Samantha Carter from ''[[Stargate SG
* The first season of ''[[Star Trek:
** Tasha Yar was a Hot Amazon warrior woman, and probably the most attractive woman on the show.
** ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' had steely and gorgeous ex-[[La Résistance|freedom-fighter]] Major Kira Nerys, and free-spirited, [[Lady of War|elegant martial arts expert]] Lt. Jadzia Dax. ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' had the [[Authority Equals Asskicking|authoritative]] Captain Kathryn Janeway, hot-tempered half-Klingon [[Wrench Wench|engineer]] Lt. B'Elanna Torres, and later added [[Ms. Fanservice|Seven of Nine]], whose [[Latex Space Suit]] didn't impede her at all from shooting like Eastwood and punching like a freight train. One suspects a certain [[Author Appeal|pattern]] during this era of the franchise.
** Technically, T'Pol, though she is surprisingly vulnerable for this trope. But being Vulcan she was stronger than any of her fellow crewmen and it was shown more than once that she knew Alien Fu.
* From ''[[Glee]]'': Though a bit on the [[Big Beautiful Woman|wide side]], Lauren is an intimidating teenager with a state championship in Greco Roman Wrestling. [[Jerk Jock|Puck]] likes her because of her attitude and has been hitting on her, but after she wiped the floor with Santana he practically asks her marriage.
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== Music ==
* Alt-country singer/songwriter Kevin Welch has a great song, "Hill Country Girl," that exemplifies this trope. Lyrics snippet:
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''My woman's 'bout six feet tall''
''She comes from down in Texas''
''She's got my number, y'all''
''Yeah, she's a flash of lightning''
''Yeah, she's got x-ray eyes''
''Man, she can see right through you''
''Don't trouble with your disguise'' }}
== Mythology ==
* [[Genius Bruiser]] Theseus married Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons. However, he did later marry another, non-Amazon woman, Phaedria... [[Hippolytus
* Hippolyta was one hell of a Hot Amazon. Before she met Theseus, she had a brief but passionate affair with Heracles.
* Close behind Hippolyta comes Penthesilea, another Amazon queen. This one went to Troy where she was slain by Achilles. Then he found out how beautiful she was and cried [[Manly Tears]]. And killed Thersites for saying something like "She's still warm" (or mocking him, but that's not as funny).
** Although one 12th-century Byzantine scholar actually interpreted that passage (that he "loved" her) a different way: that Achilles [[I Love the Dead|actually had sex with her corpse]], and killed Thersites for basically reacting the way any sane person would react to that sort of thing.
** In some versions, notably the play ''Penthesilea'' by Heinrich von Kleist, she falls in love with Achilles but winds up killing him anyway.
* Sigrun, leader of the Valkyries in some [[Norse Mythology|Norse myths]], vowed that she would only marry a man stronger than herself.
** Her counterpart Brünnhilde, from [[Norse Mythology|other Norse myths]] and [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''Ring of the Nibelung'' Opera Tetralogy, actually went as far as asking her father Wotan to put her into a [[Convenient Coma]] ''surrounded by a [[Ring of Fire|ring of eternal fire]]'' to make sure her True Love would be a ''really'' strong man. And it happened: the one who dared to cross the fire was none other than Siegfried.
** Thor's wife, Sif, one of the definitive examples of [[Hot Chick
** Driving this point even ''further'' home, Freyja, the Norse pantheon's resident ''love goddess'' is a
* [[Lady of War]] [[Classical Mythology|Athena/Minerva]]. It doesn't hurt that she was the Goddess of [[Badass Bookworm|Wisdom]] to boot. The people of Athens erected both a statue and a temple in her honor, and ([[Squick|disgustingly enough]]) blacksmith god Hephaestus [[Attempted Rape|tried to rape her]] ([[Values Dissonance|unfortunately]], [[Incest Is Relative|familial incest among the gods]] [[Values Dissonance|was common and necessary for propagation]]).
* The Morrígan of [[Celtic Mythology]] was a [[Blood Knight]] who ''[[Really Gets Around|really got around]].''
== Tabletop Games ==
* The whole point in the ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130717054009/http://adept-press.com/role-playing-games/trollbabe/ Trollbabe]'' indie RPG is this: there are, in the world, a few "Trollbabes", who are very tall, very sexy, and very powerful in strength, in magic, in personal influence. They eventually become, while game progresses, able to affect whole continents with their actions.
* The ''Talislanta'' setting is home to the Danuvians, a near-human folk in which the women are [[Proud Warrior Race]] Gals, while the men are delicate and housebound. Polyandry is common, as many Danuvians keep both a beautiful Danuvian husband to father their children (no [[Half Human Hybrids|Half-Danuvian Hybrids]] here), ''and'' a husky non-Danuvian warrior husband, whose physical prowess and military background give them something in common to talk about. Thus, these warrior-women fulfill both sides of this trope simultaneously, where tastes in men are concerned.
== Video Games ==
* One scenario in ''[[Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan|Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2]]'' involves the Ouendan helping out Kaede, a former female pro-wrestler who marries the son of the owner of a ''ryokan'' (a traditional Japanese inn). He seems quite happy with the arrangement, and quite distraught when his mother threatens to throw Kaede out on her ear if she doesn't get up to snuff as a ''ryokan'' hostess.
* Some of the canon pairings in ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' also fall into this trope of a guy falling for a [[Lady of War]] or [[Hot Chick
** The pirate Bridget, the thunder mage Tiltyu and the swordwoman Ayra from ''FE4'' {{spoiler|as well as Ayra's daughter, the also swordwoman Lakche}};
** Fir the myrmidon from ''FE6''. {{spoiler|In her supports with Noah it's explicitely mentioned that he fell for her when he met her in the arena}};
** Lady Lyndis of Caelin (Lyn), the swordwoman Karla {{spoiler|who is actually Fir's mother and idol, for whom she took up the way of the sword}}, the Pegasus Knights Fiora and Farina, and the Dragon Lord Vaida from ''FE7'';
** Marisa, Eirika, and Vanessa from ''FE8''.
** [[Lady of War|Titania]] from ''[[Fire Emblem Tellius
* [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!|Bastila]] in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'', doubling as a [[White Magician Girl]]. The [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|Handmaiden]] and Mira in the sequel qualify as well, to the point that Mira's somewhat cursory rejection of the player (she didn't want to have to beat up the Handmaiden and Visas) was rather disappointing ([[Broken Bird|Visas]] is a bit too much of a woobie to qualify). If the player plays as a female soldier then she's the game's greatest example, being bigger, stronger and taller than the other characters.
* Aribeth in ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' would have been a great one, except for the fact that she never actually does anything until her [[Face Heel Turn]]. Nathyrra from ''Hordes of the Underdark'' is a better example.
* ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' averts this, with (assuming a modded game) the only one of the three female characters a player can express any interest in whose primary strength is combat having a [[Plotline Death]] at the end of the second chapter.
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' has Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams, who is a possible romance option for a male Shepard. Some of the dialogue ([[Dialogue Tree|if you use it]]) indicates that her
** Given that your goal is to create a group of [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|the deadliest people in the galaxy]] in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', it is no surprise that around half your team is composed of them. This is one of the reasons why Thane is attracted to femShepard (if you chose him as a romance option) : not only does she harbor feelings for him despite his disease, [[Badass|but she also can annihilate pretty much anything that threaten the galaxy (Paragon) or just annoys her (Renegade).]]
*** Part of the reason any of the male characters are attracted to Shepard is because of how much of a [[Badass]] she is. With Garrus the relationship developed from their friendship but also the incredible amount of respect he had for her.
** The cover art seems to recognize this. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140227000500/http://media.pcgamer.com/files/2011/08/Mass-Effect-3-the-real-female-shepard.jpg Feel free to be scared, awed, and\or turned on.]
* Baiken from ''[[Guilty Gear]]''. Anji Mito might try to shield her since they're both Japanese, but in the end, she's the one who wears the pants in their [[Will They or Won't They?]] relationship of sorts.
* [[Lady of War]] Raquel from ''[[Wild
* This could be one way to see the relationship between Khalid and Jaheira in ''[[
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' series:
** Meryl Silverburgh {{spoiler|/Campbell/Sasaki}}; a hard fighting member of the Next Generation Special Forces, and later commander of Rat Patrol 01. Additionally, subverts {{spoiler|[[Real Women Never Wear Dresses]] by revealing to her comrade/fiancee Johnny her childhood dream of being a bride, pretty dress and all}}. Mind, we are talking about a girl who was introduced to her signature Desert Eagle as a preteen.
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** And there's Olga Gurlukovich in ''MGS2''. Growing up as the daughter of a mercenary commander and becoming his second in command as an adult, and taking over as commander after his death certainly qualifies her as an amazon. And though we don't learn anything about her private life, at least one man must have felt drawn to her. Having a kid and all.
** The Boss.
* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''
* [[Kingdom Hearts|Aqua]]. Just ask [[Final Fantasy VII|Zack]].
* ''[[F-Zero]] X'' gives us [[Action Girl|Jody Summer]] and [[Amazonian Beauty|Mrs. Arrow]]. The former was the quite the [[Little Miss Badass]] in her youth <ref>her accomplishments, [[
* ''[[
* A female Warden in ''[[Dragon Age Origins]]'' can easily qualify.
* ''[[Dragon Age 2]]'' has a female Hawke, as well as Aveline, whom Donnic definitely thinks is a Hot Amazon.
* Seiken Densetsu III has an entire country of these, Rolante. Complete with Princess Lise; who is the only one of the three main female leads that has physical power.
** The Prequel Heroes of Mana contains this country as well as Lise's mother, Minerva, who is the top warrior of the country.
* There's an entire island of them in the first game of ''[[The Spellcasting Series]]''. Of course, being literal Amazons, they've been without male companionship for quite some time. Seems like a blessing for our [[Really Gets Around|amorous hero]] Ernie, but it rapidly [[Out
* One questline in [[World of Warcraft]] involves the player attempting to put together an arranged marriage in order to unite the Wildhammer Dwarf clans. At first, the groom-to-be, Keegan Firebeard, admits that the intended bride, Fanny Thundermar, is quite attractive by Dwarven standards, but he's still unsure. Then, Fanny gets captured by ogres, and Keegan decides to help in the efforts to rescue her, but by the time he arrives, Fanny had already beaten the living crap out of the three gigantic, fully-armed and armored ogres that were guarding her ''using only her bare hands'', and was just waiting to be picked up. After that point, the wedding can't happen fast enough for Keegan.
* The female barbarian from [[Diablo III]].
* The Garudo in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' an entire [[Proud Warrior Race Girl]] race of Hot Amazons. Other than the ''very'' rare male, {{spoiler|such as Ganon.}}
* [[Big Bad|Lady Dimitrescu]] from ''[[Resident Evil: Village]]''. Unlike your typical [[Vampires Are Sex Goddesses|sexy vampire lady]], she is huge and hulking, 9'6" tall and muscular, towering over the hero character. Of course, this changes when she, as RE villains often do, assumes [[One-Winged Angel]] form.
* Chun-Li in ''[[Street Fighter]]'' claims she is the Strongest Woman in the World, an attitude that causes many male members of the cast to regard her as the [[World's Most Beautiful Woman]].
* [[Monster Girl Quest]] has Granbera, who is a [[Cute Monster Girl]] Amazon, the [[Authority Equals Asskicking|General of the Monster Lord's army.]]
* Daniella from ''[[Haunting Ground]]''. Tragically, while she is eerily beautiful, she believes herself to be a hideous abomination, terrified by her own reflection and desperate to make herself "real".
== Webcomics ==
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' has a female paladin named Miko Miyazaki. Roy is attracted to her... at least, until he realizes that she's [[Lawful Stupid|fanatically Lawful]] and [[Knight Templar|more than a little overzealous]].
* Dan from ''[[Dan and
* The title character of ''[[The Challenges of Zona]]'', a towering blond with an overabundance of the [[Most Common Superpower]] whose love interest oddly enough is the nebbishy bard Mentl.
* ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' has Rachel Hart, who's... well, the Dominic Deegan world has some sort of sport that's professional wrestling but real, and Rachel does it. She blocks a punch from a professional "slaughterball" player who's already hulked out on white magic with her face, ''breaking his hand'', and then proceeds to chokeslam him. Though she didn't live up to that standard against either Snowsong or The Infernomancer.
** Also, see [https://web.archive.org/web/20120223023257/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-08-17 Bort's reaction] when the girl he's had his eye on grows spikes and starts slaughtering the guys trying to capture them.
* ''[[Looking for Group]]'': How could this list have grown this long without already having mentioned the she-dwarf Pella? It's a travesty, I tell you!
* In ''[[Wapsi Square]]'', Owen likes this type as shown [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/06072004/ here.]
* Zeetha of ''[[Girl Genius]]'' is literally a Hot Amazon, and a [[Every Thing Is Better With Princesses|princess to boot]].
* ''[[Dream Tales]]'' has a bunch of comics featuring Hot Amazons (is there any other kind?), and you can choose between [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104052239/http://www.dreamtalescomics.com/Blog/category/mini-giantess/ Mini Giantesses] or the more generous-sized [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104052218/http://www.dreamtalescomics.com/Blog/category/giantess/ Giantesses.]
* Zoë from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' gets a moment of this in [http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20110907 this strip].
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'''Torg:''' You're so hot right now. }}
* In ''[[
* ''[[
* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', [
== Web Original ==
* In the late, lamented online erotic [[Sword and Sorcery]] story series site, ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Teen Titans (
* In ''[[Justice League]]'', Wonder Woman may be one of the most powerful superheroes of all, and it apparently doesn't discourage most men lusting after her, including a [[DCAU]] version of Hugh Hefner. Even in a [[Time Travel]] story into the [[Wild West]], the most significant reaction to her incredible power is from Bat Lash, a self-styled ladies man who notes admiringly, "That's a healthy gal!"
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': Danny's response to Sam's concerns about him [[Dating Catwoman]]? "I know [Valerie] wants to waste Danny Phantom... but did you know that she's a ninth-degree black belt?" It's a family trait; in the [[Christmas Episode]] Maddie [[Mama Bear|finds out that Danny is in trouble]], grabs a weapon and jump-kicks out the window to rescue him. Jack's response: "Oh '''''man''''' that is hot!"
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* The animated cartoon of ''[[Police Academy]]'' brings us the episode [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dKTUtZtZgk "Worth Her Weight In Gold"], featuring [[World's Strongest Man|The World's Strongest]] [[Gender Flip|Woman]], the aptly-named [[Punny Name|Phoenix Amazona]]. She's a [[Statuesque Stunner|tall]], [[Amazonian Beauty|hulking]] [[Heroes Want Redheads|redhead]] who is a [[Requisite Royal Regalia|tiara-wearing]], [[Lady in Red|red-clad]], [[Leotard of Power|leotard-sporting]], [[Combat Stilettos|high heeled]] [[Professional Wrestling|wrestling pro]] and in possession of a bodybuilding gym. She also has the smarts to go with her muscles (averting both [[Dumb Muscle]] and [[Muscles Are Meaningless]]), as she's the brains behind a gold-smugling operation. [[Genre Savvy|She even uses her status as such to manipulate one of the cops into helping her.]] It doesn't hurt that [[She Cleans Up Nicely|she knows how to flaunt a slinky purple dress]] and has a nigh-orgasmic voice. See? [[Beauty, Brains, and Brawn
* ''[[The Angry Beavers]]'': The Girl Racoons parodized this in the season 2 episode "The Mighty Knothead".
* ''[[Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure|Bill and Ted's]] [[Animated Adaptation|Excellent Adventures]]'' cast Venus de Milo (she of the armless statue) of one of these. That weird little guy with the spear was entranced with her, at least. Bill and Ted were suitably impressed before she began trying to kill them. Judging by the amount of closeups of [[Amazonian Beauty|her]] arms flexing and breaking stuff, the [[Author Appeal|authors]] were fans of this trope.
* In ''[[Futurama]]'', there is an entire planet of hot [[Attack of the 50
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* While [[Generator Rex|Dr. Holiday]] rarely throws down outside of her [[Mama Bear]] tendencies, there was a particularly epic moment she got where she saved Agent Six and Rex by rapid-firing at a huge monster, driving it back. Six's gobsmacked expression said it all.
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** This also seemed to be the point where Six started returning Holiday's UST for him.
* Ron in ''[[Kim Possible]].'' He's attracted to four girls over the course of the series: one is among the greatest warriors in Everlot, the second is a [[Ninja]] and a third, that he ultimately hooks up with, is the show's heroine. He even lampshades this tendency.
** Motor Ed hits on Shego even ''more'' persistently after she lets him have it with a plasma blast.
* Korra of ''[[
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* Empress Matilda (daughter of Henry I, who fought her cousin King Stephen for the crown); Eleanor of Aquitaine (wife of Henry II); Isabella of France (wife of Edward II). The [[BBC 4]] series ''She-Wolves'' and the accompanying book by Helen Castor show what formidable fighters these ladies were. Stiff and haughty, carrying themselves like kings, and at the same time very beautiful, their dominance and fighting spirit is essential to their allure.
* Female gladiators in the Roman empire were considered rare novelty acts, and were often used to provide fanservice. There was actually a female gladiator nicknamed "Amazon".
* The Red Army had a number of female soldiers in [[World War II]] and some of them looked quite well, at least when they were not on campaign (go to Amazon and check out the biography of sniper Roza Shanina which has a great front cover photo as it happens).
**The British secret services had a number of female operatives in the same period.
* Sportswomen in general have this reputation, and quite a few are more than willing to show their Amazon build, to the joy of many men and women alike. Those girls ''know'' their tropes.
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