Jackie Robinson Story: Difference between revisions

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* The [[Anime]] series ''[[Princess Nine]]'' is about a whole ''team'' of girls trying to win the Japanese national [[High School]] baseball championship.

* In the same vein, ''[[Taishou Yakyuu Musume]]'', only even moreso a [[Jackie Robinson Story]] because as the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|name implies]], the story takes place in the Taishou period (early 1920s), where [[Stay in the Kitchen]] was still a very common belief.

* In the same vein, ''[[Taishou Yakyuu Musume]]'', only even moreso a Jackie Robinson Story because as the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|name implies]], the story takes place in the Taishou period (early 1920s), where [[Stay in the Kitchen]] was still a very common belief.

* In the manga version of ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'', Panther tries to become a player for the Nasa Aliens, but he is repeatedly rejected by Coach Apollo for being black.

* Kou Shuurei in ''[[Saiunkoku Monogatari]]'' sets out to become the first woman to ever hold a position as a government official in a [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] to feudal China, after the current Emperor changes the law that previously denied women the right to apply for government positions. Even with the support of the Emperor, she faces quite a bit of opposition, to the point that when an outbreak of plague occurs in the province she's been appointed to, a cult starts a rumor that it's divine punishment for allowing a woman to hold office.

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* ''[[Glory Road (film)|Glory Road]]'', the story of the first all-black Texas Western college basketball team, who defeated the mostly white Kentucky (led by Coach Adolph Rupp, [[Historical Villain Upgrade|who wasn't the overt rabid racist the movie made him out to be]]) in the finals of the NCAA tournament.

** Plus in [[Real Life]] the teams they were playing against mostly already had 3 or 4 starting players who were black, they were just the first to have an ''all'' black starting line-up.

* Subverted in ''[[Ice Princess]]'', where the protagonist is the same age, sex, and ethnicity as the other young figure skaters she wants to compete with, yet is hassled for this ~~ambition -- even~~ by her own ~~mom -- because~~ she's a science geek.

* Subverted in ''[[Ice Princess]]'', where the protagonist is the same age, sex, and ethnicity as the other young figure skaters she wants to compete with, yet is hassled for this ambition—even by her own mom—because she's a science geek.

* ''[[The Express]]'', about Ernie Davis, first black Heisman Trophy winner.

* ''The Jackie Robinson Story''. Duh.

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== Western Animation ==

* Subverted on ''[[Futurama]]'', when Leela is allowed to become the first female professional Blernsball player only because she's so comically bad that it makes for a good crowd-draw. She eventually makes it into the hall of ~~fame -- as~~ the ''worst'' pitcher in history.

* Subverted on ''[[Futurama]]'', when Leela is allowed to become the first female professional Blernsball player only because she's so comically bad that it makes for a good crowd-draw. She eventually makes it into the hall of fame—as the ''worst'' pitcher in history.

** It turned out that she still inspired other female players to turn ~~pro -- by~~ making them determined to prove they didn't ''all'' suck that bad.

** It turned out that she still inspired other female players to turn pro—by making them determined to prove they didn't ''all'' suck that bad.

** There's even a [[Shout-Out]]: "The first woman to play [major-league Blernsball] ''well''" is a black woman named Jackie Anderson; who berates Leela at one point for being nothing but a "freakshow" who is "making it impossible for female ballplayers to be taken seriously".

* Subverted in an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', featuring a kids' football team. Lisa shows up in full gear, announcing "That's right, a ''girl'' wants to play football!" ...only to quit in disappointment, when she finds out there are already four girls on the team.