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{{trope}}
[[File:Chun-
{{quote|''"Chun-Li's always kickin', kickin' is for girls''
''I bet you Chun-Li kicks 'cause Chun-Li can't do curls"''
|"[[Extremity Extremist|Balrog]] 24/7", '''[[Rock Opera|Man Factory]]'''}}
A character ([[Always Female]], hence the name) who fights almost entirely with kicks for the purpose of [[She's Got Legs|showing off her legs]]. She may occasionally throw a punch, but kicking is her primary means of offense. Why do some fighters do this? Perhaps it's because kicks have better range, or feet with shoes are less sensitive to pain than bare hands, or they have stronger legs than arms. However, in her case it's partly due to the [[Rule of Sexy]].
In reality, women do generally have much stronger lower bodies than upper bodies, which means that they're naturally more inclined to use kicks than punches. Also, as the first instinct of any attacker is to [[Standard Female Grab Area|bind or otherwise incapacitate the arms]] (and leave the legs relatively free so that you don't have to carry her), it's quite practical to deal damage with your means of locomotion. And ''every'' girl knows the classic "[[Groin Attack|kick 'em in the nuts]]" move for self-
Primarily an [[Action Girl]] trope. A sub-trope of [[Extremity Extremist]], one that requires the character is female, that her fighting style is almost entirely kicks, and she has an essence of [[Fan Service]] to her kicking as well. Sometimes (but not always) have [[Amazonian Beauty|strapping lower bodies]] as a result of the reliance on and muscular development of their legs. See also [[Waif Fu]], and contrast [[White Magician Girl]]. Compare [[Roundhouse Kick]].
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== Advertising ==
* According to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jfzh2s3jlE the commercial] for ''[[Dead or Alive]] 3'' the reason one gamer plays it is "She kicks high."
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* {{spoiler|Former Shinigami Lieutenant}} Mashiro Kuna from ''[[Bleach]]'' has kicks so powerful a single [[Calling Your Attacks|"Mashiro Kiiiick!"]] can destroy a gigantic [[The Heartless|Hollow]]. When going berserk {{spoiler|through Hollowfication}} in "Turn Back The Pendulum", {{spoiler|Captain Shinji Hirako}} had to block her kicks with his sword, which didn't even scratch her shoes.
* Crystal from the ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' manga primarily used kicks to throw her Pokeballs instead of using her hands. This was due to at one time being unable to use her arms and hands for the task.
* Kisara Nanjo from ''[[Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]]'' is trained in Tae Kwon Do, a kick-heavy fighting style.
* Inner Moka from ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]''.
** {{spoiler|[[Generation Xerox|She got it from her mom]], the strongest vampire of all time (in that universe).}}
* [[Action Girl|Lenalee Lee]] of ''[[D.Gray-Man]]'' fights exclusively with kicks, due to her [[Empathic Weapon]] being a pair of supernaturally empowered boots.
* Nove of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. While she will occassionally use punches, most of her attacks are kicks. This is probably done to contrast her to the mostly punching Subaru, {{spoiler|who is [[Cain and Abel|the Abel to her Cain]]}}.
* Several female characters from ''[[One Piece]]''. CP9 member Kalifa, anime-only character Arabelle, and the Warlord of the Sea Boa Hancock.
** Another example will be the Okama Kenpo and the Newkama Kenpo, two martial arts practiced by [[Transsexualism|men with hearts of women]] (and some women with hearts of men, probably) which rely heavely on kicks.
* Nakajima Sanae from ''[[Sumomomo Momomo]]''.
** Mordiana from ''[[Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic|Magi - Labyrinth Of Magic]]''. From the same author of ''[[Sumomomo Momomo]]''.
* Shinatsu Azuki from ''[[Maken-ki!]]''.
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** Urushiba Rinka of ''Tokyo ESP''. Aside from being kick chicks, Shizuru and Rinka are nearly identical in appearance for some reason.
* ''[[Angel Densetsu]]'''s Ryoko's favorite move is a high kick, though it's far from her only attack.
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' has Gaap spin-kicking at George with [[Combat Stilettos]].
* In the ''[[Trigun]]'' movie, Amelia kicks the crap out of two bounty hunters to the point that they try to grab her legs to stop her. Later, though, like most characters in the series, she mostly uses her gun.
* Ringo in ''[[Banana no Nana]]'' has, for lack of a better word, the superpower of incredibly strong legs. This results in fast running, high jumps, and, of course, this trope, typically applied directly to the face at maximum power.
* In ''[[Darker
* Brillheart from ''Defense Devil''.
* Yaida Kirin from ''Dragon's Heaven''.
* [[Sailor Moon]]'s [http://www.wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Sailor_Moon_Kick Sailor Moon Kick.] More prominently, Sailor Venus's Sailor V Kick, which she employed quite often in the manga.
* Ayane Mitsui from ''[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Ayane-chan's High Kick]]''.
* Elenore Baker from ''[[Madlax]]'' (especailly ep. 6 and 24).
* Haruka from ''[[Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel]]'' [[Finishing Move
* Subverted in ''[[Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?]]'' you'd expect Mystletainn Kick to be well [[Shaped Like Itself|a kick]] but...
{{quote|'''Anyone being hit with it''': "[[Phrase Catcher|THAT'S NOT A KICK!!!!!]]}}
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* Sen Yarizui the [[Names to Run Away From|Ice Witch]] from ''[[Ben-To]]''.
* Honoka/Cure White of ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]'' was the kicking half of the team. [http://youtu.be/xlXqMqC9g_k Pretty noticeable in the Max Heart OP]: Nagisa throws many punches but kicks only once or twice, whereas Honoka only kicks her opponents away.
* Lucy's "[[Anticlimax|Lucy's Kick]]" from ''[[Fairy Tail]]''
== Comic Books ==
* Envy Adams, from ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]''.
== Film ==
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* Paula Garces in ''[[Clockstoppers]]'' as Francesca kicks Dr Dopler right in the face, and it has a lot more effect than hitting him - turns out [[I Know Mortal Kombat|she knows ballet]]. It wouldn't be worthwhile mentioning if they didn't threaten him with doing it again.
* B-movie queen Cynthia Rothrock has made her career around flipping about and kicking bad guys.
== Literature ==
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* The Honored Matres in the [[Dune]] universe have this as their signature style of unarmed combat, and have developed it to the point where a single kick can be instantly lethal. They are also, for reasons connected with specific training and possibly selective breeding, extremely fast. ''Some'' of the best Bene Gesserit adepts are a match for them, but that's about it.
▲== Live Action TV ==
▲* Kat in ''[[Power Rangers Turbo]]''.
* In ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'', Batgirl (played by trained ballerina Yvonne Craig) never threw punches, relying on kicks and the occasional [[Improvised Weapon]].
* Lori from ''[[Big Wolf on Campus]]'' took kickboxing so that was how she usually fought.
* When [[Ms. Fanservice|Seven of Nine]] is kidnapped to fight in a gladiatorial arena in the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "Tsunkatse", her fighting style included rather more kicks than most of the other combatants seen on-screen.
* In ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'', Sydney Bristow is primarily a kickboxer.
== Professional Wrestling ==
* One of [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] [[Professional Wrestling|wrestler]] [[Trish Stratus]]' finishers was a roundhouse kick dubbed the Chick Kick.
** And when Mickie James was playing her fan/stalker and was copying all of her moves, she called it the Mick Kick.
*** The Long Kiss Goodnight finisher also used by Mickie James was a vicious spin kick to the back of the head
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* Stacy Keibler.
* Joshi wrestler Kana. Like Yumiko Hotta, she's also known for being extremely stiff with them.
== Video Games ==
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* Sarah Bryant from ''[[Virtua Fighter]]''. Included in her arsenal are the knee, jumping knee, jumping spin kick, legsweep, flamengo stance kicks, kickflip, and the beat gatling throw.
** In addition of Sarah, [[Anime Chinese Girl|Pai-Chan]] mainly uses kicking attacks in the anime adaption of the game. However, the bad guys catch up with her fighting style, and [[Faux Action Girl|she's ended up useless]] in any non-[[Mooks]] battle.
*** More exactly, Pai's Enseiken fighting style is said in-TV series to be useless in some battle conditions. The [[Genre Savvy]] [[Big Bad]], Liu Kowloon is also a martial artist so knows about this very
* Jam from ''[[Guilty Gear]]''.
* Wakaba from ''[[Suikoden II]]'' does this, and her personal weapon is a pair of shin guards to protect her legs.
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* May Lee from ''[[The King of Fighters]]''. [[Justified Trope]]: she's a Taekwondo practitioner, so her instructor and idol [[Fatal Fury|Kim Kaphwan]] is as much of an [[Extremity Extremist]] as she is.
** Ditto Chae Lim, of ''KOF'''s [[Spin-Off]] [[Alternate Continuity]] ''Maximum Impact''. As a matter of fact, she fights so much like Kim, that she might as well be his [[Distaff Counterpart]]. When Kim appeared in the sequel, they had to readjust her moves so that she fought at least a ''little'' differently from her teacher.
** And before either of them was [[Art of Fighting|King]], who despite being a kickboxer, almost never uses her arms for attacking. She's so thoroughly a
*** Did everyone forget the lovely Momoko who combines this with [[Foot Focus]]?
* Kaori Yanase from ''[[Variable Geo]]'' is another Taekwon user. Like King, she also throws out her [[Ki Attacks]] through her legs.
** [[Fan Service|Her gorgeous]], [[She's Got Legs|insanely long]] [http://yukatakeuchifan.bakunyuu.com/kaori/Kaori0H.jpg legs.]
* Two girls from ''[[Arcana Heart]]'' fight with kick based styles : Tsuzura Saki and Inuwaka Akane. While Saki has some punches in her arsenal, Akane relies on kicks exclusively.
* Garnet from ''[[The Rumble Fish]]'' is a [[Naughty Nurse Outfit|sexy nurse]] who fights only with kicks.
* Eve from ''[[Daemon Bride]]'' is a miniskirted dominatrix rock singer who fights by kicking with blades on her boots. She throws [[Ki Attacks]] from her legs as well. Those blades were actually the Demon she made contract with and she abuses him like a dominatrix, said Demon (Beelzebub) doesn't seem to mind.
* Liu Yungmie from ''[[Fighters History|Fighter's History Dynamite]]'' is probably the very first [[Fighting Game]] chick to kick with punch buttons, block with her legs, throw opponents with her legs, and send out [[Ki Attacks]] with her legs.
* Kurokishi from ''[[Denjin Makai]]'' series.
* Cisty from ''[[Dungeon Magic]]'' or ''[[Lightbringer (web comic)|Lightbringer]]'' depending on where you live.
* Arcia Rinslet from ''[[Chaos Legion]]''.
* In the second ''[[Nicktoons Unite!]]'' game, [[Danny Phantom|Sam Manson]] primary uses kicks, as opposed to Danny, who prefers punches.
* Kohak from ''[[Tales of Hearts]]'', also known as "dat ass".
* Karin from ''[[Enchanted Arms]]'' - her weapons are boots, and her techniques are either kicks, water elemental attacks, or healing skills.
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* Wind goddess Fuuka from ''[[Izuna]] 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns''. The only available weapon type she can use is a set of boots, so she has little choice but to use her feet as weapons.
* Prier from ''[[La Pucelle]]'', to the extent she neglects to use (for the most part) the rod she's TRAINED how to fight with. Of course, with [http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/la-pucelle-tactics-heroine-prier.jpg legs like this...]
* [[Bayonetta]]'s default fighting style combines this with [[Guns Akimbo]], although her kicks [[Armed Legs|also fire guns in the enemy's face]].
* Homura Akai of ''[[Tokimeki Memorial|Tokimeki Memorial 2]]'', whose signature attacks are the "Dragon Kick" and the "Kaichou Kick" ([[Student Council President]] Kick), complete with [[Calling Your Attacks]].
* [[She's Got Legs|Leggy]] [[Deadly Doctor|school nurse]] Kyoko Minazuki from ''[[Rival Schools]]''.
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* Natasha from ''[[Rusty Hearts]]'' uses [[She Fu|flip-heavy]] kicks along with guns.
=== Visual Novels ===▼
* Tomoyo and Kyou from ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'' have both dealt great physical harm to Sunohara using their kicks. Tomoyo has been known to deal a combo attack for over 100 kicks to Sunohara before he even hit the ground.▼
▲== Visual Novels ==
▲* Tomoyo and Kyou from ''[[Clannad]]'' have both dealt great physical harm to Sunohara using their kicks. Tomoyo has been known to deal a combo attack for over 100 kicks to Sunohara before he even hit the ground.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Sasha from [[Greek Ninja]], when not using her katana, resorts to kicks.
* Melanie Malachite and Neo from ''[[RWBY]]''. As of V5, Yang seems to be adding some Kick Chick moves to her fighting style, although she remains primarily a brawler.
== Western Animation ==
* To an extent, Blackarachnia from ''[[Beast Wars]]''. In her first appearance, she let Cheetor shoot away all her ranged weapons as he charged at her, only to stick her foot out and kick him to the ground. Later, she KO'ed a [[Shapeshifter Mode Lock|mode locked]] Dinobot by kicking him in the face repeatedly. Though she did not actually have hands for much of her life.
** Once she went [[Mid-Season Upgrade|Transmetal]] she proceeded to [[The Worf Effect|kick the crap out]] of [[Complete Monster|Rampage]] before webbing him up and throwing him [[Took a Level
** If she wasn't kicking, she was shooting with her back-mounted machine guns.
* Careful viewers will note that in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', Black Canary uses her legs ''way'' more than her fists when fighting. Not that she can't punch - she just uses sweeps and kicks noticeably more.
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* Jade of ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' seems to have a penchant for launching into useless flying kick attacks and using her feet in combat.
* Leela in ''[[Futurama]]'' has a pretty hard punch, but she uses kicks a lot more. ''"[[Catch Phrase|Hiiiii-YA!]]"''
* [[Battle Butler|Mercy]] [[Bodyguard Babes|Graves]] from ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'' almost exclusively uses high kicks, except for her gun. She also wears a [[Dangerously-Short Skirt|short minidress]] which almost always gives the viewer a [
* From the [[The Looney Tunes Show]] episode "Eligible Bachelors", Granny as a spy during [[World War II]] was a
* In [[Teen Titans Go! (animation)|Teen Titans Go!]] Raven becomes this under the alias of "Lady Legasus".
== Other Media ==
* [http://sexykickangel.blog126.fc2.com/ This site.] [[Not Safe for Work|Contains graphic content.]] [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Kick]]... er... ''click'' at your own risk.
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