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* Kirara from [[Samurai 7]]. There isn't a single female fighter in this series. All the warriors in it are men.
* ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' had some Neutral ''Males''—although the constant switching around of the boy in question was used to set up a few red herrings as to the identity of Ao no Kishi.
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* In ''[[Bleach]]'', all Orihime or Rukia or even most of the non-shinigami cast ever seem to do is sit on the sidelines and gasp as asskicking commences before them. Many of them are anything but weak and have powers that could come pretty handy in aiding their allies in a fight (Ishida's arrows, for example). But that would mean that the [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|shinigami would have to share the spotlight]] with someone else.
** Doubly subverted in the second fight {{spoiler|between Ichigo and Ulquoirra}}. Till Ichigo tells her to stand back and she gets nabbed by some lackeys and becomes helpless, until rescued again.
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* The girls of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', barring [[Badass Grandpa|Badass Grandma]] Genkai, are this, more often than not. To their credit, this trope is usually their last resort, but the fact remains.
** Completely [[Justified Trope]] in the Dark Tournament arc; they're only at the tournament as spectators in the crowd and as support for the Urameshi team.
* Sakura from ''[[Naruto]]'' is infamous for spending most of the time in battle just standing with a kunai in defensive position while her teammates do all the actual fighting (it made sense in the first arc, where she was left as the only one actually guarding the person they were supposed to be guarding). If they had indicated that she's supposed to be a non-combatant, this would have been a bit more acceptable, but the fact that she's [[Faux Action Girl|supposed to be a highly trained ninja]] makes this all the more insulting. It isn't until [[Took a Level
** A couple girls in the series lapse into this at times, like in Team 10's fight against Kakuzu where Ino's only contribution to the fight was locating him. {{spoiler|But a few arcs later, she makes up for it big time.}}
*** Konan, who probably has the [[Satellite Character|least screentime]] out of all the members of Akatsuki, manages to avert this when {{spoiler|she faces down Madara Uchiha and forces him to resort to a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]] in order <s>to defeat her</s> ''to survive''.}}
* Averted in the manga ''[[Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge]],'' which is mostly about a schoolgirl fighting an axe-crazy chainsaw murderer. The main character is a normal guy who wants to help her out. How well does he do? Put it this way: {{spoiler|the first fight, he nearly kills her by hitting her in the head with a pork chop he was trying to throw at the Big Bad.}}
* Subverted with Kamiya Kaoru of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' during the Kurogasa [[Story Arc|arc]], where she was paralyzed by [[Psychic Powers|a powerful hypnotic suggestion]] by Jineh so the poor woman ''truly'' couldn't do anything but watch [[And I Must Scream|as she slowly suffocated to death]]. {{spoiler|Until her [[Heroic Resolve]] forcibly breaks through the trance to stop Kenshin from killing Jineh}}. Since [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]] is repeated through-out the episode, this becomes a crucial action.
* In ''[[Claymore]]'', Claire was like this back when she was just a child, often gasping in horror as her mentor, Teresa, fought off the bandits invading the village, and eventually her own fellow Claymores. After Teresa died, Claire joined the organization, and [[Took a Level
** Claymore also has a [[Gender Flip]] for this trope as well: Raki. He often stood around, hoping that Claire would save her from the monsters attacking him. {{spoiler|But in volume 14, of the manga, he, just like Claire, became more than capable of holding out on his own, or to be more precise, chop Yoma into hunks of meat.}}
* Averted by Videl in the tenth ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z'' movie. Broly is crushing the life out of Gohan, so Videl throws a crystal shard at him. He breaks it easily, but his concentration is broken long enough for Gohan to kick his way out of the stranglehold and start the Kamehameha Wave that (with help from Goten and Goku) does Broly in.
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* In ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'', the [[Dead Little Sister]] might well have survived if she'd shot her rapist instead of herself.
* Subverted in ''[[High Noon]]'', where the hero's wife is built in such a way to expect her to be a Neutral Female—she's a Quaker and a pacifist, and so would supposedly be neutral even if she were male. However, she eventually shoots one of the bad guys, and when the leader takes her hostage, she claws into his face, allowing her husband to shoot him.
* ''[[Dawn of the Dead (film)|Dawn of the Dead]]''. The actress playing Francine famously refused to be just another [[Screaming Woman]]; however during the first confrontation at the airport she just stands there while her boyfriend is fighting with a zombie, neither running nor helping. She [[Took a Level
** The [[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)||2004 remake]] gives us Luda, who's entire purpose for being is to 1.) Scream, 2.) be pregnant, and 3.) {{spoiler|turn into a pregnant zombie and have a zombie baby}}. Needless to say, she isn't entirely helpful.
* Hilariously subverted in ''[[True Lies]]''. Mousy Helen Tasker wants a little adventure in her life, but not if it requires her to cheat on her husband. Later, when she and Harry are ''both'' kidnapped, she tries to tell him "let me do the talking". Even later, Helen finds out her husband is a spy, and falls into true Neutral Female territory. Later still, Helen tries to help Harry by taking up a gun she has no idea how to shoot, and drops it. As Helen winces at her "oopsie", the gun falls down the stairs, still firing, and ''takes out every bad guy in the room''. At Harry's look of incredulous awe, she shrugs and smiles. Kidnapped again, though, she smacks her kidnapper upside the head with a bottle of Dom Perignon, and is well on her way to the XP required for her [[Took a Level
* Christine does this ''twice'' in the 2004 musical movie adaptation of ''[[Phantom of the Opera]]''. In the musical it's based on, both times there was little Christine could do during the scenes; not so in the film. First she just watches worriedly during Raoul and the Phantom's sword fight, and then when Raoul gets the upper hand and is about to stab him she tells him not to.
* Nicely Lampshaded and subverted in the [[Alfred Hitchcock]] film ''The Lady Vanishes''. The male lead fights a henchman for a bit with the woman just watching, until he shouts "What are you, a referee? Get in here!" Then they both easily subdue the man.
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** In the manga of the same game, Iris [[Take a Third Option|points a gun at ''her own head'']] and threatens to kill herself if either of them continues to fight.
* [[Prince Charmless]] of ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]'', despite being male, is one of the most annoying examples of this trope that one will ever find.
* Pokey from ''[[
{{quote|Pokey pretended to cry!
Pokey smiled insincerely!
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