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** A similar bit appears in ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]''.
* The ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' films features copious over-the-top She Fu.
* In ''[[Batman Returns]]'', some of the circus acrobats uses both She Fu and He Fu.
** In ''[[Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker]]'', the Dee-Dee twins often She-Fu'ed.
* In ''[[Blade Runner]]'', the replicant Pris beats up Deckard by using She Fu. The contrast between super-powered replicant's weird style and the pragmatic survival skills of Deckard is the central drama of their fight.
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* In ''[[Total Recall]]'', Sharon Stone's character uses relatively sedate martial arts moves against Arnold's character, but thanks to some good fight choreography and Paul Verhoven's superb direction, they actually look like they could punch a hole through Arnold!
* ''Wendy Wu, Homecoming Warrior'' on [[Disney Channel]].
* Averted in the 1982 ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' film with Valeria. Sandahl Bergman, an accomplished dancer, did all of her own stunts, but her sword-fighting is as free of extraneous motions (with the exception of a [[Wall Jump]] thrust during the rescue of the princess) as the male heroes.
* Averted in most of Cynthia Rothrock's films. Her moves weren't any showier than male martial arts actors of the time, and she would regularly get brutally beaten by guys twice her size until the [[Heroic Second Wind]] kicked in. Or third wind, or fourth...
* Averted hard by the ''[[Kill Bill]]'' movies. The Bride gave as good as she took. This led a few reviewers to claim the movies were hateful toward women since it essentially meant the character was being put through everything any male action character would be put through. Apparently, the critics wanted [[She Fu]] instead.
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* ''[[Devil May Cry]] 4'' introduces a new character named Gloria, whose debut scene involves extensive She Fu complete with numerous [[Panty Shot|upskirt]] and [[Male Gaze|cleavage shots]]. This scene is a particularly blatant example considering that {{spoiler|she is actually Trish in disguise and you never fight her or play as her in the game}}.
** Also, Lady of ''[[Devil May Cry]] 3'' fights this way, when she's not [[Sarcasm Mode|simply]] [[Gun Fu|shooting]] her enemies. In one cutscene, she sits with one leg over the other on a scythe stuck in a wall before ''spreading her legs'' in order to kick at two enemies simultaneously.
* Samus Aran, especially in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]].''
* Chun Li. Say it with me, ''[[Street Fighter]]'' fans: "Spinning Bird Kick!!"
** Also played straight with Cammy.
* Mai Shiranui of ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' and ''[[King of Fighters]]''
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* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'':
** Aqua in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep]]''. Her male friend Terra gets a long-distance forward dash, and her 'little brother' Ven gets the series-standard "Dodge Roll" somersault. Not Aqua. She ''cartwheels'' away from enemies.
** Larxene as well. Her game play and battle style are ''full'' of this, especially in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
** [[Kingdom Hearts II]] [[Big Bad]] Xemnas fights this way flipping and spinning like crazy in his boss battles.
* Lili from ''[[Tekken]]'' fits this trope to a T. Has stylish balletic moves, with liberal use of flips. And a move where she does an aerial somersault; if she lands on the opponent's head, she does a double snap kick in the air. Take that, Reality!
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'': Sonya Blade says hi. Her signature move is doing a backflip, grabbing the opponent between her legs, and throwing them. She also uses this move to break Kano's neck in one of the movie versions, and in ''Mortal Kombat 4'' she has a fatality where she does a handstand and ''tears the opponent in half with her legs''.
* This list wouldn't be complete without mentioning ''[[Bayonetta]]''. Acrobatic backflips are her standard dodge, so expect to be doing this a lot since it triggers [[Bullet Time|Witch Time]]. She can even do this in mid-air!
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