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* The first two adult companions of [[Doctor Who|the Doctor]] were Ian Chesterton and Barbra Wright. That said, while Ian had his awesome moments, Barbra was such a [[Badass]] it's a common fan joke that the show could have been renamed "Why Barbra is Awesome", and no one would have noticed. |
* The first two adult companions of [[Doctor Who|the Doctor]] were Ian Chesterton and Barbra Wright. That said, while Ian had his awesome moments, Barbra was such a [[Badass]] it's a common fan joke that the show could have been renamed "Why Barbra is Awesome", and no one would have noticed. |
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* ''[[That '70s Show]]'': The guys taunt [[Girl Next Door|Donna]] and [[Rich Bitch|Jackie]] with claims that while men can entertain themselves with play-fighting, girls get too angry and begin to fight for real. Cue the girls beginning a nice, playful fight that [[It Got Worse|quickly descends]] to barbed words and [[Cat Fight|legitimate violence.]] |
* ''[[That '70s Show]]'': The guys taunt [[Girl Next Door|Donna]] and [[Rich Bitch|Jackie]] with claims that while men can entertain themselves with play-fighting, girls get too angry and begin to fight for real. Cue the girls beginning a nice, playful fight that [[It Got Worse|quickly descends]] to barbed words and [[Cat Fight|legitimate violence.]] |
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* In the ''[[iCarly]]'' episode "iMake Sam Girlier", Sam's new crush says "And even though I haven't known Sam for too long, I know that if I ever get in a fight and I can have either the football team or sam back me up, I'm going with Sam." |
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* In ''[[Buffy]]'' and ''[[Angel]]'', women usually end up more vicious in similar roles than men, particularly vampires Darla and Drusilla. Note also that Angelus originally got in touch with his sadistic side just to impress Darla. |
* In ''[[Buffy]]'' and ''[[Angel]]'', women usually end up more vicious in similar roles than men, particularly vampires Darla and Drusilla. Note also that Angelus originally got in touch with his sadistic side just to impress Darla. |
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* A running theme in ''Chinese Paladin 3'' is women being willing to strike first, fight dirty, and take no prisoners if they or their loved ones are threatened. A prime example is Zixuan's ''setting a monastery on fire'' as a distraction when her lover is arrested. |
* A running theme in ''Chinese Paladin 3'' is women being willing to strike first, fight dirty, and take no prisoners if they or their loved ones are threatened. A prime example is Zixuan's ''setting a monastery on fire'' as a distraction when her lover is arrested. |
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* One of the Marines in ''[[Generation Kill]]'' says this when he observes the women of a town doing backbreaking labor to clear the streets and their yards of debris, while the men lounged on the lawns smoking. |
* One of the Marines in ''[[Generation Kill]]'' says this when he observes the women of a town doing backbreaking labor to clear the streets and their yards of debris, while the men lounged on the lawns smoking. |
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{{quote|"If we had to fight the women, dawg, we wouldn't stand a fuckin' chance."}} |
{{quote|"If we had to fight the women, dawg, we wouldn't stand a fuckin' chance."}} |
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== [[Music]] == |
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* The 1996 song by the group Space, "Female of the Species", is about the overwhelming effect the unnamed subject of the song has on the singer, and emphasizes it by invoking the Kipling poem with the repeated line "The female of the species is more deadly than the male". |
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== [[Toys]] == |
== [[Toys]] == |
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