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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Urd from ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]''.
* [[Words Worth]]: Maria is a stately example, garbed in an elegant white robe (though it has split seams, [[She's Got Legs|showing plenty of leg]]), a sea green cloak, and sandals.
* Both Miyu and Reiha from ''[[Vampire Princess Miyu]]'', as they both are very elegant and reserved as they attack their enemies with [[Playing with Fire|fire]] (Miyu) or [[Kill It with Ice|ice]] (Reiha)
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
 
== Comic Books ==
* Sistah Spooky from ''[[Empowered]]''.
 
== [[Film]] ==
 
== Film ==
* [[Ms. Fanservice|Luster]] in ''[[The Gamers]]: Dorkness Rising'' seems to be an attempt at this archetype, but her player isn't very good at the whole "dignity" aspect.
* Claudia's mother in ''[[Snow White: A Tale of Terror|Snow White a Tale of Terror]]'' is implied to have been one.
 
== [[Live -Action TV]] ==
 
== Live Action TV ==
* In the 1998 ''[[Merlin (TV miniseries)|Merlin]]'' series, Mab fills this role, as well as being the series' [[Big Bad]].
* In the BBC ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'', it was Morgause, until she died and Morgana stepped up to the plate. [[Word of God]] says she's at least as powerful as Merlin now.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
 
== Literature ==
* Nicci of the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'', a former Sister of the Dark who functions as one of Richard's primary magic experts, and is also the team expert on [[Black Magic|Subtractive Magic]].
* [[Dragaera]]'s Sethra Lavode is a [[Time Abyss|250,000+ year-old]] undead sorceress, and contrary to the trope description she couldn't just level ''half'' a city—she [[Person of Mass Destruction|could probably cause]] [[The End of the World as We Know It]].
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* Skuld, a half-elven sorceress from the 13th century ''[[The Saga of Hrolf Kraki|Saga of Hrolf Kraki]]''.
 
== [[Music]] ==
 
== Music ==
* The eponymous "Devil Woman" from the song by [[Cliff Richard]].
* [[The Eagles]], "Witchy Woman".
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series has liked this trope in recent games.
** Lulu from ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', of the [[Ice Queen]] variety. Also somewhat [[goth]]y.
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* Rose from ''[[Street Fighter]]'' is among the closest to this trope that you'll find in fighting games.
 
== Webcomics[[Web Comics]] ==
* Rose Lalonde, from ''[[Homestuck]]'' becomes this after upgrading her weapons with [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Powers]].
* Miranda Io from ''[[No Songs for The Dead]]'' has great potential in [[Black Magic]], which she genetically inherited from her mother Lilith.
* ''[[Magick Chicks]]'' has Anastasia - mom of Melissa, who apparently taught her both fashion style and witchcraft.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Raven from ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', despite being younger than average for this trope, is [[Wise Beyond Her Years]], and her aloof personality is more in line with this trope than [[Black Magician Girl]].
 
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