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* The quiet, petite Kirino Kotori of ''[[Ai Kora]]'' turns out to be [[Heir to the Dojo]] of a ninja clan, and also has a rather nasty temper on her.

* Angel/Tenshi/Kanade Tachibana from ''[[Angel Beats!]]''. She's as close as you can get to a [[StarCraft|Protoss Zealot]] ''and'' [[The Matrix|Agent Smith]] as you can ever get, packaged in a small girl's body.

* ''[[Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu]]'''s Alice, a shy, sweet little maid {{spoiler|with a spiked bat, brass knuckles and enough strength to crack open a street and create a geyser}}

* ''[[Soul Eater]]''{{'}}s Maka Albarne is a young, sweet and friendly girl ... who wields a ginormous scythe. Yup.

 

* ''[[The Authority]]'' Jenny Quantum exemplifies this. Her superhero career started a few days after she was born, when she vapourised a giant's legs; nowadays, a nine-year-old physically aged to 14, she's the [[A Child Shall Lead Them|leader of the team]]. (It probably helps that she's the resurrection, or [[Doctor Who|regeneration]], of previous leader Jenny Sparks.)

* ''[[Batgirl]]'' Although now a teenager, Cassandra Cain was revealed to have finished the majority of her assassination training at the age of eight. I say most because she semi-failed her last test (she killed the guy but was so horrified by what she did that she ran away from David Cain, her father/mentor.) A [[Fan Nickname]] for Cassandra is "Little Miss Ninja Goddess".

* Amy Rose from the [[Archie Comics]] version of [[Sonic the Hedgehog]]. Went from being a [[Bratty Half-Pint]] to HUMILIATING the Iron King, a [[Made of Iron]] bruiser of a warlord who had previously proved impervious to Sonic's high speed attacks, in each of their encounters and flattening a massive war machine in one hit.

 

* ''[[The Mad Scientist Wars]]'', we have two-year old Maxwell Eta, the youngest member of the [[Badass Family|Tinker Clan]]. Technically a badass ''Shota'', but seeing as how an attempt to enroll him in Preschool ended in him staging a ''successful'' rebellion, complete with forcing the Superintendent to sign a loyalty oath... he ''has'' to count.

* Ashley McFly/Leather Ashes from ''[[Pretty Cure Perfume Preppy]]'' isn't really innocent, but all in all badass, most notably in the end of episode 24: to put it shortly, a drug dealer shows up and tries raping her, only to have her ''stab him in the heart''.

* Taylor Hebert (of ''[[Worm]]'') after she is reincarnated into a murdered muggleborn girl in the ''[[Worm]]/[[Harry Potter]]'' story ''[[A Wand for Skitter]]''. She is responsible for the deaths of so many of Voldemort's followers before she's even in third year that Death Eaters jockey to get ''other'' Death Eaters sent after her.

 

* Subverted in ''[[Balls of Fury]]'' when a greatly feared ping pong champion turns out to be a cute little Chinese schoolgirl, but the hero easily crushes her and laughs in her face, causing her to cry.

* ''[[Battle Royale]]'' Some of the more capable girls become this by necessity. Most notably, Mitsuko Souma and Takako Chigusa.

* Roxy in ''[[God Bless America]]''.

 

* Between the expertise and the body count, Sarah from ''[[Duumvirate|Billy & Howard]]'' exemplfies this trope. Halfway through the second book she grows into a [[Lady of War]].

* Thou shalt not mess with [[Dragaera|Devera]]. Seriously. Sure, she looks about eight, but she once ''[[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|ate a Jenoine]]''. Admittedly, she was a dragon at the time, a form in which she's unlikely to be underestimated, but still.

* Tiffany Aching, in the [[Terry Pratchett]] novel ''[[Discworld/The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]]''. Hell, she's nine years old, and takes on [[The Fair Folk]] with a [[Frying Pan of Doom]]!

* The heroine of "[http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/adventures-of-isabel/ The Adventures of Isabel]", a poem by Ogden Nash is an unflappable little girl you don't want to get on the wrong side of, see her dealings with an enormous bear:

* Hermione from the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' series, in the early books. More of a [[Black Magician Girl]] as she ages, but always [[The Smart Guy]] of Harry's [[True Companions]].

** Also, Ginny Weasley will own anyone with her famous Bat Bogey Hex.

* Petra Arkanian from the ''[[Ender's Game|Enderverse]]''. The only girl of the group of kid space admirals that won the war, she went on to survive the global wars that followed the defeat of the buggers. In one scene, she is kidnapped by a special forces commando and calmly asks for the time to get dressed. When one member of the commando wants to hurry her, she calmly reminds them that her goodwill is worth more to his generals than his balls. In a bag. Now let me go to the bathroom before I go, please.

* Most of the female Meq in ''[[The Meq]]'', since the majority of them are [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|over a thousand years old]]. Geaxi probably tops them all though and definitely fits the trope best.

* Andrew McGee really ''tried'' to keep his daughter [[Firestarter|Charlie]]'s pyrokinesis from getting out of hand, he really did. Unfortunately, they both fell into the hands of the [[Government Conspiracy]] which wanted to make a [[Tyke Bomb]] out of her... and when her father was killed by them, it wasn't long before [[Beware the Nice Ones|the running and screaming started]]. And then she got ''really'' nasty: she talked to the press.

* [[Redwall|Mariel Gullwhacker]]. [[Waif Fu|Kicked the tail of a pirate king unarmed]], then beat up a seagull several times her size with nothing but [[Whip It Good|a piece of knotted rope]].

* Bastille from Brandon Sanderson's ''[[Alcatraz Series]]'', at age 13, is the youngest person to have become a Knight of Crystallia. Her training and being bonded to certain crystals makes her incredibly fast and strong. Underestimate her and you'll be at the receiving end of her massive crystal sword, or at least her handbag.

* In the prequel ''[[Halo]]'' novel, ''The Fall of Reach'', the female Spartan trainees, but in particular, Kelly. At the age of seven, she not only outruns full grown Marines, but manages to knock one unconscious by side-arming a rock at his head. She was always referred to as the fastest Spartan by far.

* sorry from Steven Erikson's "Malazan Books of the Fallen" series exemplifies this trope. She joins the most badass squad in the whole army in her early teens and leaves a trail of slashed open crotches in her wake. of course, she's also possessed by the patron god of assassins at the time.

* Jasmine in ''[[Deltora Quest]]''. When their group finds themselves caught up in the gladiatorial Rithmere games, it's not [[The Big Guy|Barda]] who wins, or [[The Hero|Lief]], or even [[The Berserker|Glokk]]. It's her.

 

* Out of all the characters in ''[[Round the Twist]]'', the most physically dangerous is Linda, an idealistic 14-year-old environmentalist schoolgirl. As this is a non-action kids' show, this doesn't actually come up that often, however.

 

 

* Kaicho Ramu started appearing in the ring at age six. She wears [[Iron Maiden]] T-shirts, can do the Chokeslam, 619, and Shining Wizard. Underestimate her, and she will demolish you, then pin you 1-2-3.

* Riho from ''Ice Ribbon'' debuted at age 8 and as of 2011 is 13. She busts moves like the running knee strike, [[Eddie Guerrero|triple suplex]], and the '''[[Daniel Bryan|CATTLE MUTILATION]]!!!'''

 

* ''[[Mekton]]'' Isami Shinzato from the Virtual game. A BLIND thirteen-years-old girl who is one of the most dangerous [[Humongous Mecha]] pilots, to the point that her name has become in-game jargon for a called shot to the cockpit in the opening moves of combat. She's also known to deal quite... [[Groin Attack|harshly]]... with older male bullies.

* ''<nowiki>[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]</nowiki>'' A purchasable flaw. While this is a flaw in the game, note that flaws actually give you more points to spend elsewhere—meaning a child vampire will actually be ahead of its companions wherever you put those points. There are several examples of powerful vampires that look like children, such as the Malkavian progenitor vampire looking like twelve little girls with glowing eyes.

* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', [https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Amazoness_Princess Amazoness Princess] combines this with [[Badass Princess]], while [https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Amazoness_Scouts Amazoness Scouts] are seen strutting their stuff on the Trap Card [https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Amazoness_Onslaught Amazoness Onslaught].

 

 

* ''[[Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica]]'' Cocona pushes this beyond the limits. She not only was a 11-year-old girl who used [[Improbable Weapon User|her metamorphic hairbands(!)]] as her weapon of choice, alongside roundhouse kicks which are somehow capable of destroying doombots with such murderous efficiency that by the end of the game, your [[Magic From Technology|wizard/cyborg/bards]] rarely get to cast their spells before all the enemies are already dead. Her supermove involves her shooting a giant laserblade out of her hair bands... [[Rule of Cool|somehow]]. What makes her go above and beyond the call of being a Little Miss Badass, however, is that she does this while bodily protecting the reyvateil wizards/cyborgs/bards of the party, who are twice her age and body weight, {{spoiler|in spite of actually BEING a reyvateil herself, who is simply too young to manifest any real power.}} In a game filled with robot warriors, and highly trained knights with rocket lances with guns sticking out, the only listed reason for her badassery is that she is "a really energetic girl".

* ''[[Arc Rise Fantasia]]'' Spunky and enthusiastic Cecille is a [[Cute Bruiser]], who can unleash a devastating amount of damage with her fists. {{spoiler|Is also technically [[Older Than They Look|Older Than She Looks]].}}

* Arima Miyako from [[Melty Blood]]. She's just the younger cousin of the main character, and a completly normal human who relies only in fighting skills. However, anyone that can take on [[Physical God|Arcueid]], [[Nigh Invulnerability|Ciel]] or [[Eldritch Abomination|Nrvnqsr Chaos]] '''certainly counts'''.

* In ''[[Monster Girl Quest]]'', Granberia is an adult, and when she tells Lucas that she mastered the Serene Mind technique 20 years ago, he assumes at first that she is [[Really 700 Years Old]]. She is not - she learned it when she was only 5.

* ''[[Fate/stay night]]''

** Ilyasviel von Einzbern. Made all the more apparent considering her servant is Berserker. Specifically of the [[Older Than They Look]] type, {{spoiler|what with being a (sort-of) [[Artificial Human|homunculus]] and all}}.

* Say what you want about [[Replacement Scrappy|Erika]] of ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'', but that girl is a lot scarier and a lot tougher than she looks. {{spoiler|She killed Beatrice}}, for crying out loud!

 

* ''[[Antihero for Hire]]'' [http://www.antiheroforhire.com/d/20071210.html Malvagia]. Fourteen-year-old bounty hunter, practicioner of [[Waif Fu]], and one of very few villains to tangle with Shadehawk and come out ahead. She's the [[In the Blood|niece of a crime boss]], too.

* ''[[Grim Tales from Down Below]]'' MiniMandy .

* ''[http://www.superstupor.com/sust04092008.shtml Super Stupor]'' by [[Something*Positive|R.K.Milholland]]'s Here's a [[Genre Savvy]] parody.

* ''[[Van Von Hunter]]'' Parodied by Ultimate Evil: an eight years old who has mastered the most powerful and evil spell (by skipping to the end of the magic book and memorizing the ultimate spell without learning all the lower level spells first). She almost immediately sides with ''[[Designated Hero|the heroes]]'', and thus isn't a [[Tyke Bomb]].

 

* The ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' Heart Girl. Imagine Superman as a nine-year-old blonde girl with pigtails.

* ''[[Open Blue]]'', in past incarnations, has had a propensity for these kinds of characters, most of them products of [[The Empire|Avelion]]'s [[Tyke Bomb|Espartano Project]]. Presently, the only one around is Janice Cervantes, who actually escaped her training and is now a [[Pirate]] captain... at the age of 14...

* The [[Whateley Universe]]'s [[Beware the Nice Ones|Generator]]. Fourteen, but looks ten. Cute as a button, and loves Hello Kitty. She once destroyed a Syndicate hardsite, killing pretty much everyone who got in her way. After being chained to a table, having her knee smashed with a hammer, and then getting stabbed through the heart so hard the weapon jammed in the table under her.

** Lets not forget the time she was attacked by a huge 9' tall werewolf. She let him punch her, [[Crazy Prepared|revealing a bear trap hidden inside her spirit-clone's face]], then nailed him to a tree using psychically animated railroad spikes, then casually proceeded to <s> tattoo</s> ''brand'' "I attack little girls" on his chest <s> in silver</s> with mithril.

 

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' [[The Ladette|Toph]], the self-proclaimed "greatest earthbender of all time." Best not to disagree with her on that.

** Extra points for not only being [[Moe|adorable]] but also being [[Little Miss Snarker|snarky]], thus allowing you the experience of being sarcastically quipped at by a human Skipper doll.

* Spinelli from [[Recess]].

* [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars|Ahsoka]] [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|kriffing]] [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars|Tano]].

 

* [http://www.cracked.com/article_16497_7-people-who-cheated-death-then-kicked-it-in-balls_p2.html Alexis Goggins], a seven-year-old girl, who jumped in front of her mother's gun-wielding boyfriend and [[Taking the Bullet|took ''six bullets'']] for her mom. And ''survived''.

* [[Improbable Aiming Skills|Annie Oakley]] started hunting professionally at the age of nine.

** Complete with [[Hair Decorations|pink ribbons]] and [[Girlish Pigtails]]. That is some ''amazing'' GAR-[[Moe]], right there.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120512005206/http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/32338/little+girl+shows+remarkable+poise+in+stare-down+with+african+lion/ This] ''three year old'' girl stared down a lion for five minutes.

 

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