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Female athletes are depicted differently in fiction from male athletes. While their male counterparts are usually either [[Dumb Jock]] or [[Jerk Jock|jerks]], fictional female athletes are usually given sympathetic portrayals and more often are used to explore gender roles.
Usually this just means that girls who like to play sports (particularly traditional male sports) are [[Tomboy]]s who prefers to [[One of the Boys|play with the boys]]. Often she can put the [[Jerk Jock]] in his place by beating him at his own sport. Of course she can vary anywhere from a girl who's sweet and shy but puts her all into the game to one who has a dark personality and just wants to play football.
You can tell that she's passionate because this girl lives for one sport at which she excels, or perhaps for any opportunity to show her strength, despite what anyone else thinks. In the first case, if it's a traditionally male sport, her desire to prove herself could lead to [[Sweet Polly Oliver]] as she attempts to get on an all boy team. If she plays a variety of sports then she's more likely to be the [[Girl Next Door]]. If it's a boys' team then it's [[You Go, Girl!]].
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